There was a question on this but I think we solved it satisfactorily in committee by the compromise amendment tabled by Mr Gil-Robles and myself, which specified that application of this interinstitutional agreement is without prejudice to any provisions in law or in our Rules of Procedure as regards an obligation of confidentiality upon Members. 	prep
As more and more of our young writers begin to know other, similar people in other countries, we are finding, as they discover common, imaginative trends between themselves, that a whole new type of literature is being produced. 	temporal
Like the previous report, this is a very timely reminder to us as we consider the fifth framework programme of the rationale for doing research in the European Union. 	temporal
But we have run into difficulties on the THERMIE project and indeed, on SYNERGIE as well because of the lack of a legal base; and because - as has been said here today - we really do not have a common energy policy or even a working energy policy that we are harmonizing. 	comparison
For the rest, as you know, we continue to pursue the appropriate procedure, but we have to do so according to the rules. 	comparison
But particularly in the ECB' s case, as it does not have the track record of the mighty Bundesbank and could quickly lose the confidence of the financial markets if it is reluctant to protect itself through greater transparency. 	causal
Indeed now, as Mr Hughes has just said, we move into the difficult area of codecision which can help us. 	comparison
I am sure this Parliament will respond enthusiastically to this news as it is exactly what we were pressing for. 	causal
Similarly, as we have heard, the Commission's organization of its work on human rights also shows a lack of coherence and coordination. 	comparison
I support him in saying that the ECU 170m should be removed and so do a lot of my colleagues, as Mr Fantuzzi said.  	comparison
Therefore, when recital F in this report refers to subsidiarity as a 'dynamic concept' , I think we should add the word 'pragmatic' , because, as recital G says it is 'an appropriate legal technique' . 	comparison
I hope that we can count on the continued support of Parliament in developing more flexible and more rapid procedures, and as the High Representative I am sure would readily agree, I lose no opportunity to make the same point to the Council. 	comparison
Friends of both Israel and the Palestinians return more and more depressed from that area, as I did myself after my visit there a couple of months ago. 	comparison
First of all the Commonwealth Summit in Edinburgh failed to take firm action against Nigeria; then the Council extended sanctions by only one year; and then, as has been mentioned, there was the failure to apply visa restrictions with Nigeria being allowed to play in the World Cup next year. 	comparison
Here I want to join my colleagues in urging both the Commission and the Council to take speedy action to implement the measures to further organic husbandry, as recommended by the Committee on Agriculture, for which Mrs Barthet-Mayer has been such an eloquent spokeswoman on this issue. 	comparison
I am sure that as time moves on the situation will change. 	temporal
These trends present a very strong economic challenge to the European Union, particularly as we are coming up to the new millennium. 	temporal
Lastly, I dislike the garish design and colour scheme of some of the carpeting in the bar areas, reminiscent, as pointed out by another Member, of a cheap night-club rather than the desired dignified atmosphere of this house. 	comparison
Ireland has, as you said, a unique opportunity at a watershed moment for the European Union and Ireland has a proud record during its presidencies of the European Union. 	comparison
The results of the investigations will allow the Commission to propose if necessary the appropriate measures to be taken at European level to regulate the use of these substances in toys and in other products as well.   	prep
I believe that simple move would have been a great improvement on the situation as it is at the moment in many Member States. 	comparison
Madam President, I speak not only on behalf of my group but as chairman of the Joint Parliamentary Committee with the Czech Republic and as someone who believes that the reintegration of Europe is both a duty and a joy. 	prep
This will only increase as many people do not yet realize what is going to happen to them very soon. 	causal
Any lesser definition would leave much of the problem unexposed and we hope that this will be agreed as the European definition for the purpose of this programme. 	prep
I would like to see, as Commissioner van den Broek has indicated, us tightening the sanctions and looking to work on a further UN resolution that goes beyond 1199 and makes it very clear that military force could be used if Milosevic does not adhere in every aspect to this agreement. 	comparison
All of us, as Labour MEPs, have been enormously saddened by the events of the past week or so. 	comparison
Your emphasis on the competence of Commissioners and their ability and willingness to act as a team is very much to be welcomed. 	prep
If the elimination of intra-EU duty does have certain consequences then, as I just said in response to Mr Collins' question, specific instruments can well be considered - and the Commission is prepared to do that - to alleviate any adverse consequences. 	comparison
This is becoming more and more important as greater numbers of our citizens and residents of the European Union are working, living and carrying out their activities in other Member States. 	temporal
I am certain that if we look at the recruitment practices of the public sector in general and how people are being recruited as new officials, the record of the Commission is not so bad. 	prep
Furthermore, as the sea is the ultimate sink for much industrial material from the shores and rivers these sources must be included within the definition. 	causal
The largest sources of methane in the environment are defined by the report and by the Commission document as livestock and landfill.	prep
In this respect it is crucial that EU support for the electoral process is conditional: the elections must be free and fair, with opposition politicians allowed to return and participate; with equal access to the media guaranteed for all parties who wish to participate; with the infamous media sub-decree annulled which outrageously defines any critic of the government as a traitor; with the displaced fugitives able to return freely to Cambodia from Thailand; with the repatriation of Prince Norodom Ranariddh, as provided for by the Manila peace plan. 	comparison
Therefore, the directive is welcome as it addresses an important problem. 	causal
Regional cooperation, as has already been seen, can help with conflict prevention and I believe it is only the African nations themselves who can bring about peace and stability by influencing their neighbours. 	causal
However, the proposal to limit the availability of traditional varieties of seeds, particularly for fruit and vegetables used by amateur gardeners as well as those used commercially by smaller farms, has led to deep opposition being expressed by such well known and respected bodies as the Henry Doubleday Research Association. 	prep
For general information, print is still predominant as Eurobarometer shows that access to the Internet is not yet general in most Member States, especially not for the public at large. 	comparison
Obviously I would very much like to see it in non-Union countries as well, where we experience very considerable difficulties, in particular in the North African countries, when children are abducted. 	prep
It has been - indeed, even as we finish it - and remains an extraordinary and eventful term. 	temporal
Mr President, if the bombardment and invasion of Iraq by the United States and allied forces go ahead unilaterally as is planned this will be a multiple injustice. 	comparison
Mr President, I wish to support Amendment No 4 which stresses the importance of continuing to recognize the unique nature of the fisheries sector which as a result demands special treatment within the Community legal framework. 	prep
It may be, Mr Commissioner, that the Commission together with the US administration could come up with some kind of Green Paper sketching out where the differences are and where the common interests are between America and Europe because as you know, in your previous role, unless America and Europe agree on the major outlines in an international round such as this, we will never conclude. 	comparison
Movement on the Brussels Convention is important, as has been said. 	comparison
It is inevitable that this evening our minds should be focused on Russia and that our thoughts should be with the people of Grozny as they spend a further night under threat of bombardment. 	temporal
Similarly, as forests mature and technology advances, sometimes access to forests for harvesting can present quite a problem. 	temporal
Labour will also continue to argue that decisions are taken as close to the people as possible, whether in Britain or Europe. 	prep
The Treaty, as honourable Members will know, is the result of decades of hard work, decades of determined work to halt the spread of nuclear weapons, starting with the Non-Proliferation Treaty in the late 1960s. 	comparison
Mr President, I think that as Mr Kellett-Bowman might well attest, in the budget arrangements for 1999 we put in a series of amendments to ensure that the Commission actually tops up on the third or fourth payments every year the losses made by any agency through exchange rate fluctuations or the weighting arrangements. 	comparison
While some women may know they are to work as prostitutes, many do not. 	comparison
Madam President, the political groups are agreed on the main question here, as are those of us in the Committee on Women's Rights. 	comparison
Ireland has much to offer the new applicant states as a model for what can be achieved with the help of EU transfers and policies, and I personally look forward to the forging of new and deeper relations between the applicant states and Ireland, particularly in the areas of trade and tourism. 	prep
We are continuing to study that issue but there is as yet no solution to this matter even though we have been able to find one in the majority of cases. 	prep
This has to be of great concern as it flies in the face of the purpose of the fund. 	causal
Recycling the Luxembourg guidelines grandiosely as an employment pact will make no difference to Europe's unemployed. 	prep
In general terms if one is serious about 'welfare to work' which has also become an increasing priority of all of the Member States of the Union, as reflected in the conclusions in Section 1 of the Cardiff report in relation to economic reform, it has to be recognised that an important sector of the Community who are currently excluded from work are young women. 	comparison
Quite obviously the profitable areas are needed to support the non-profitable areas, otherwise the postal system, as we know it, collapses. 	comparison
I have never really been able to regard whisky as a dangerous chemical. 	prep
- I just want to say that I strongly oppose the Liese resolution on climate change as it was approved by the Parliament. 	comparison
He is right as well to say that a concerted assessment of needs has to be made and that we have to take a more user-friendly approach when delivering information and practical support for the operations of EEIGs. 	prep
Just as in Northern Ireland, Bloody Sunday created a ready-made recruiting ground for the IRA, the destruction of villages in the south-east of Turkey and the impact of the state of emergency on civilians have only served to strengthen terrorism. 	comparison
We set the framework at European level and, as time goes on, there will be an evening up. 	temporal
I just picked out Portugal and Greece as examples of how tourism activities can be helped. 	prep
We need to create dynamic cities that respect people and the environment and involve community groups in the planning and process and in regeneration processes as such. 	prep
It does not provide, as I understand it, for a situation where there is a harmonised market as there is in this instance. 	comparison
My part of the world is entirely suitable for this, as it is for wind energy which has been very little developed - indeed, we could take a leaf out of Denmark's book with regard to its development of wind energy. 	comparison
I hope that, although most of us have reservations about the report as it emerged from committee, we will support it. 	comparison
But, as we all know, for enlargement to work, the European Union itself has to change. 	comparison
Some Members nearly tripped over as they left the Chamber. 	temporal
Akin Birdal is known to many of us in this House as somebody who, with great courage and integrity, has been leading the fight to enhance and strengthen human rights in Turkey. 	prep
The bells rang yesterday, but as Mr Pasty quite rightly said, there was no other indication whatsoever what was going on in the Chamber. 	comparison
I am sure that this 'virtual veto' , as it has been described, will only be used as an exceptional option in the last resort. 	prep
Amend Recital D as follows: ' D. Noting that the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, in its 53rd session, discussed the violation of human rights in Ethiopia, including extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, deaths in custody, torture, rape, arbitrary and politically motivated arrests and detentions and the oppression by the authorities of ethnic and religious minorities' . 	prep
The Commission's delegation, which continues to keep us fully informed on the situation as it develops, is fully associated with Member States' missions in monitoring the situation. 	temporal
I wish to put on public record the high esteem in which I hold him as co-rapporteur on the Committee on Budgets for the satellite agencies. 	prep
It is anticipated, as the rapporteur has indicated, that by the end of this century a significant share of retail commerce will be on the Internet, a development that is expected to be boosted by the advent of the single currency. 	prep
A further cull, as we know, is on the way and this clears the way for the five points that were agreed at Florence. 	comparison
We can agree on 70 new posts to be created in Dublin as a temporary measure and 35 posts are to remain in Brussels until the vets and phytosanitary agency are properly set up. 	prep
If a consumer in a Member State suffers as a result of inadequate labelling, in normal circumstances when the law is clear, that consumer may well have a remedy under the Francovitch judgement against the Member State concerned for its failure to implement European law. 	prep
The opting into the social policy shunned by the previous government, the promise today of opening Council deliberations, something I spoke about 21 years ago, suggesting as I do now, that EP committee chairmen be invited to Council deliberations on relevant matters: I wait to see if that will be followed 21 years later. 	comparison
I call upon the Commission, as a part of the budget process for 1997, to bring forward the harmonization of regulations for discharge for all the agencies, so Parliament can have some control over discharge. 	prep
We need to know also why it is that many of our projects still do not really recognize the vulnerability of women and are, as the Commission has already said elsewhere, very often gender-blind. 	comparison
Madam President, this is not only a crisis for British farmers, it is a crisis for French farmers as well. 	prep
My group wants, as well, to welcome the positive elements in the draft proposal. 	prep
Madam President, alas the conflict between Ethiopia and Eritrea has a long history, but so have human rights abuses in Ethiopia, as all of us know only too well. 	comparison
Mr President, I rise on the endearing ritual recorded in yesterday's minutes as item 16, page 17, Questions to the Commission. 	prep
And I would like to put it to Mr Patijn that there is need for strong political direction from the Council of Ministers to the Commission, bearing in mind that there is unemployment to the tune of about 20 million in the European Union, which must surely rank as a number one political priority of the Union which has to be addressed in terms of planning for the period after 1999. 	prep
However, the agreement, as Karin Jöns' report thoroughly demonstrates, is very limited in its scope, and it is necessary for the Commission to draw up a new draft directive which will protect all atypical workers against discrimination. 	comparison
It is as a direct result of the improper influence which Chiquita exerted over the US Administration that the complaint was originally made to the WTO. 	prep
It is absolutely clear that if, as we would like and as we have sought, Article 4 waiver is given, then we trigger the agreement of May 1998. 	comparison
This morning Mr Santer and Mr van den Broek asked very reasonably for Turkey to help find a solution to the long-standing problem of Cyprus, using membership of the European Union for Cyprus as a catalyst. 	prep
Then the Council becomes co-responsible for a deterioration of the human rights situation in Turkey, as we can see it today. 	comparison
The Treaty of Maastricht introduced for the first time the power for the Commission to impose penalties in the form of fines on a Member State which, as in this case, is clearly in breach of the free movement provisions.  	comparison
I am not familiar with the differences between east and west Luxembourg but I know a little about the internal differences of Scotland, and the principle of representation as it exists is absurd. 	comparison
But turning to the question of 'ridiculous systems' . Can he advise us of what he regards as 'ridiculous systems' ? 	prep
I am acutely aware - as, indeed, everyone must be - of the damage inflicted, not just upon the Irish economy but because of its particular situation and size maybe to a greater extent the Irish economy, by a dispute of this kind. 	comparison
We, as the elected representatives, came forward with some proposals during the course of that hearing, and rightly so. 	comparison
I salute, as I know the Commissioner does, the Swiss Government's decision announced earlier this week to cull one-eighth of their herd, despite the fact that they have had only 290 cases of BSE. 	comparison
Mr Gallagher has the same qualifications as he comes from the same sort of region and has the same sort of experience of the fishing industry. 	causal
This report strongly suggests that the reform proposals in Agenda 2000 should be radically altered, as it is now very clear that cutting prices has not resolved the problems of market balance, nor has it arrested the continuing decline in farm incomes, which are a vital factor in stemming the haemorrhage of young people from rural areas. 	causal
It is equally important that the Commission, as the institution charged with implementing European policies, should have a reputation for efficient, fair-minded and even-handed administration of European policies agreed on in Parliament and the Council. 	prep
This is the first occasion on which the European Parliament has given its views on the progress of the European Central Bank and in this context it is my pleasant duty to congratulate the ECB and Mr Duisenberg, as President, on its success so far. 	prep
However, I would say to this Parliament that, as the vice-president of the joint parliamentary committee with Slovakia, I met yesterday senior safety officials from Slovakia and the Slovak Electricity Authority. 	prep
I commend that compromise to the House and I remain convinced that, if it is adopted and if one or two other minor problems are sorted out with this report, we will find it possible to obtain the very broad majority which I am sure we are capable of getting for this report and which we should indeed aim for as a parliament. 	prep
At the same time an atmosphere of intimidation and fear has been created and continuously fuelled as a result of threatening statements by some congressmen. 	prep
Britons will now have the same statutory rights on the Continent as all other EU citizens. 	prep
The Commission report which we received this morning is extremely gloomy on this. It says: ' The Union will not be in a position to cover the financing gap by the time of enlargement that emerges as the applicant Member States face up to the consequences of trying to comply with European environment law' . 	temporal
This is an excellent report by Mr Rocard, as there are so many aspects to it, any one of which could make a substantial difference to areas of policy and areas of the world. 	causal
This failure by the Council to assume political responsibility should caution a certain modesty among those in some of our capital cities who seem prone to see the failings revealed in recent days as almost uniquely the creation of the European Commission. 	prep
Those regulations foresee a total of EUR 150 million for Turkey over a three-year period which the Turkish Government regards as being of significant help. 	prep
We developed the Council of Europe, the Convention on Human Rights and the whole elaborate system, but it has become very clear over the last couple of years that Europe is not safe as regards the issue of human rights. 	prep
Mr President, as we all know last night in the House of Commons the British Agriculture Minister, Douglas Hogg, survived a vote of censure by the skin of his teeth. 	comparison
We would do our citizens a great service if we could move towards harmonising this area as well. 	prep
My group will be abstaining on the final vote as we are simply not convinced that the Commission has properly made the case for harmonization in this area. 	causal
It has been a historic year in many ways, as the Commission, I am sure, would rather forget some of the more dramatic moments back in the spring, in the same way as some of us would rather forget some of the more dramatic election results of the summer! 	prep
It is an unfortunate but inevitable fact of life that we never have as much money as we would like. 	prep
Speaking as one who has the largest brewing group in the United Kingdom in his constituency, I would be the last person to question the enormous value of alcohol taken in moderation. 	prep
But as I say, this is a very different type of IGC and therefore we have to be imaginative in the way that we present ourselves to the public. 	comparison
In my summary of the discussion I agreed that I would forward these views to you as chairman of Ecofin. 	prep
I hope that the Irish people will once again give a strong endorsement for my country's continued participation in the European Union as they have done on each of the three previous occasions when a European referendum has been held in Ireland.	comparison
Others believe that Amendment No 141 should be supported wholeheartedly as it would help reduce the net payments of their Member States and if I were German or Dutch, I would wholeheartedly support this new paragraph 13. 	comparison
The third thing which struck us is that, though President Lukaschenko seems to be determined to reunite his country with Russia, the question of reunification with Russia did not feature in any of the questions in the referendum as it is uncertain whether or not the population of Belarus will be invited to pass their comment on whether or not they wish to be reunited with Russia. 	causal
I was not expecting to speak but, as you have asked me, I will do so. 	causal
With regard to the last common position on the granting of aids for transport by rail, road and inland waterway, this is particularly welcome as it will streamline decision-making and reduce bureaucracy. 	causal
This immunity would continue even when somebody stopped working for Europol as "all their official papers and documents and other official materials are inviolable" . 	causal
The review of EU animal feed legislation in the wake of the recent series of scares is most welcome as it goes to the root cause of problems that have arisen. 	causal
Madam President, as the issue of exhibitions has been raised, perhaps I could ask, through you, that the College of Quaestors and the Bureau look at the whole way in which this Parliament, both here and in Brussels, is used for some of the most ridiculous exhibitions - commercial events which make us look more like a bazaar than a Parliament. 	causal
I, for one, am not disappointed at the response from the Council as the Council is being realistic in relation to the driftnet issue. 	causal
Mr President, I understand the difficulties today but that presents a problem as I have to leave at 6 p.m. 	causal
This Parliament, as the President-in-Office said, has a unique and very particular responsibility. 	comparison
I wanted to ask her to plead with Air France not to switch, as is rumoured, its flight from City Airport to Gatwick - that is if the flight works, because this week it was cancelled. 	comparison
It is important because the World Trade Organization and its negotiations will be starting in early 1999, as was agreed in Geneva last week. 	comparison
Indeed it had been my wish, as Mr Ferber has said, to ensure as rapporteur that this problem was tackled within the directive. 	comparison
There is, as we all know, deep suspicion among Europe's fishing communities that other countries' fishermen are getting away with flouting the rules and, therefore, they do not see why they should keep them. 	comparison
Mr President, as you know, Members of this Parliament have, over the years, been extremely critical of any kind of censorship, in particular cultural censorship. 	comparison
But to pretend, as Mr Stevens did, that to vote against the presidency of Mr Duisenberg helps either the euro or the role of this Parliament is a misrepresentation of the truth and is a deception. 	comparison
We could do this as we have proposed in other areas in the Union such as when we are talking about persecution of third parties, or about refugees staying for a shorter time. 	comparison
So, as has been amply demonstrated by colleagues in this House, far from having improved, the human rights situation in Turkey remains critical and - I would say, as many other speakers have said - has deteriorated. 	comparison
His last remarks, as I have said, are about the construction of more nuclear power stations: this is completely inappropriate and nothing to do with the subject he was asked to report on. 	comparison
The technical standards for determining the tar content of cigarettes need to be brought up to date and the limitation of nicotine at Community level also needs to be examined, as has already been done with tar in cigarettes. 	comparison
If we go back to the Delors White Paper, as Mr Harrison has commented, we see that the engine of growth is going to be the micro companies. 	comparison
My belief is, as I have said to Parliament on the last occasion I was here, that cool heads and firm determination are much better than adopting another approach. 	comparison
On a related matter: as you know, when the trade agreement with South Africa was rejected by the General Affairs Council, France raised the general issue of export refunds as one of its reasons for refusing the deal. 	comparison
We recognize in the European Union, as the Commission well knows, that in our dealings with third countries we should work for the promotion of democracy and human rights. 	comparison
That is the road ahead as the example of Russia has indicated. 	comparison
It is up to the countries themselves, as I said in my answer, to make the practical arrangements for the visa and if it is delayed it is up to the countries themselves to reorganize their work. 	comparison
We would like, however, to insist that in future the small islands are allowed as of right to attend those appeals panels, represented by whosoever they wish, as is the norm in all other international arenas. 	comparison
Member States often cite the World Health Organization as the proper body for that and of course it has a crucial role, one where greater cooperation with the Commission should be encouraged as Members here have often done. 	comparison
Here we have made a global amendment keeping the structural and cohesion funds in line with the agreed budgetary proposals of this House, as Mr Kellett-Bowman has indicated. 	comparison
I think the Chinese have now learned a lesson: they are going to have to reafforest, take care of the hydraulic system which coped with the floods for hundreds of years and try to protect the environment instead of raping it, as the Chinese regime has done over the past 40 years. 	comparison
And if, as I believe, it is the case that the erosion of the country of origin principle threatens fundamentally the single market in electronic services in Europe - and this, in turn, has a significant read-across to the operation of electronic commerce around the globe - that would be very sad and damaging for Europe' s citizens. 	comparison
My question to the Commissioner is: In such a market place as he proposes, how do we protect European citizens' preferences in public health and environmental areas, as illustrated by the GMO issue? 	comparison
There is no agreement with the United States, as the rapporteur has said, because they have admitted they cannot deliver anything through their federal system so their hunters can keep right on using leghold traps. 	comparison
At European Union level, as Barbara has said, we do not even at the moment have a legal base to allow a continuation of the work that we have undertaken hitherto. 	comparison
I would therefore move that we postpone this report until we can be sure of a full House, which, as you know, is not the case on a Friday. 	comparison
In Ireland, as everybody knows, beef and milk represent 71 % of our entire agricultural output. 	comparison
For example, climate change, if unchecked, is certainly destabilising to anybody' s economy as the European Union' s own research shows. 	comparison
Concerning Mr Macartney's amendment to the Souchet report, if we are going to have reform of the CFP, it should look to the year 2002 as agreed and we should have discussions. 	comparison
In theory, at least, the European Union could maintain the present banana regime if it agreed to compensate complaining countries or firmly refused to renege on its commitments to Caribbean and other countries under the Lomé Convention, and call for talks as happened, for example, on the issue of Helms-Burton. 	comparison
There is a European advertising standards alliance and we do not want to create some separate organization - some new quango, as we say in British usage - to replicate what that does.	comparison
There is a European advertising standards alliance and we do not want to create some separate organization - some new quango, as we say in British usage - to replicate what that does.. 	comparison
I would like to keep the date and I can accept the fallback as an addition to the text, if that meets with the approval of the House. 	prep
The nitrates directive considers not only nitrogen from animal manure, but also from chemical fertilisers both as regards quantities supplied, see Article 5 and Annex III, and methods and periods of spreading and that is in Annexes II and III. 	prep
Mr President, achieving a fair and coordinated approach towards immigration into the European Union is a crucial issue and the Commission's proposals are a worthy attempt to deal with this, as indeed is Mr Lehne's report as amended in committee. 	prep
Once again in contrast to some of the Heads of State in the Union, the Irish presidency operated with a maturity that brought credit on the Union and we thank the Prime Minister for that as well. 	prep
The Commission has calculated that the direct cost of road accidents, based on the cost of police, medical and emergency services and vehicle repairs, and the economic output lost as a result of deaths, is ECU 45 billion a year in the Community as a whole. 	prep
The great car culture has been referred to before in European Parliament reports as the main culprit of air pollution in Europe and Parliament is now playing an active role in establishing limit values for various pollutants so as to bring this environmental problem under control. 	prep
While they have demonstrated great promise in laboratory trials, there is no certainty yet as to the long-term operational efficiency of such devices which will make them a viable and durable technical solution to achieve emissions controls in the longer term. 	prep
Wednesday' s vote is an important opportunity to signal to the new Commission that business as usual cannot be the guiding principle in Brussels. 	prep
Most farmers are prepared to fill in as many forms as necessary to get whatever support or aid they require but there is an argument that the forms could be easier to complete. 	prep
Mr Fernández-Albor has stuck much more closely to the practicalities of the issue and, as a consequence, has made some telling points. 	prep
We look forward to the body preparing the Charter of Fundamental Rights, which it would be appropriate for a representative of this Parliament to chair, producing a document which can confer direct rights on EU citizens and enable them as individuals to enforce their rights in the European Court. 	prep
I suspect those reports filter as far up as directors-general in the European Commission. I suspect those reports do not touch the desks of European Commissioners. 	prep
Greater effort must be made by the European Commission, Parliament and the Council to implement European Union directives and regulations in as streamlined a manner as possible. 	prep
Madam President, before my election as an MEP I was a postal worker and an elected lay local official of the postal workers union, the Communication Workers Union, with which I am still strongly connected. 	prep
What is it about the institutions of Europe - about the European Parliament, about the European Union collectively - that makes us unable to respond to the crises in the world as our people, our voters, our citizens would want us to do? 	prep
We cannot continue as if Court of Justice decisions had no bearing on how the Commission acts. 	prep
Can I say, as the leader of one of the groups that proposed comprise Amendment No 109, that we do not believe that Amendment No 18 is in any way contradictory but could be taken as an addition. 	prep
I believe that if we do not take this step, the Commission will be cast in an unfavourable light, and we shall undermine what we ourselves, as a Parliament, achieved by means of our initiatives two years ago: namely, bringing this matter out into the open. 	prep
Banks have indicated that they will not lend on the security of fish stocks, so unless the larger companies are prepared to act as a financial umbrella, it is difficult to see how the offer will stave off financial ruin for these small firms. 	prep
Do you know the numbers of Community citizens travelling outside the Community as against the number of Community citizens travelling within the Community on a regular basis? 	prep
I hope I can also reassure the honourable Member by highlighting the fact that as part of the screening process, there is a need for those countries which wish to accede to the Union to meet the Union's acquis. 	prep
As has been pointed out by many speakers this morning and this afternoon, it is going to be a long haul actually to get more jobs, etc, etc. in the industry and make people recognize tourism as an industry as such. 	prep
In my brief but eventful career as an MEP, and particularly after yesterday, I have noted a willingness of this Assembly which dares to call itself a "parliament" to act as a rubber stamp for the Commission and again I sense that this is our role. 	prep
Two and a half years ago, I went to the authorities who were dealing with the building of this new structure and informed them of my requirements as a person with a disability within the Chamber. 	prep
Presumably, as I am certain Mr Wijsenbeek knows, they should act positively and collectively, because of the terms of the provisions that exist under the current legislation, because of the need for a revision in 1999, because of the fact that these projects by definition have long planning and development periods. 	prep
It is rarely used and with the secret ballot which we have introduced, perhaps we should leave things as they are. 	prep
The compensation for starch potatoes was set at a higher level - 75 % - as compared to cereals - 48 %. 	prep
I would say to other parliamentarians that we must not think of fishing as being marginal; what we are talking about here is the wider marine ecology. 	prep
Madam President, there are certain quaint eccentricities in the operation of the building and in its catering, for instance, coffee not being served during sessions, no white wine available by the glass, the fact that the pizzas taste like cardboard and the fact that the newspaper shop is about as far away from the entrance where Members come in as it is possible to be. 	prep
It will come as no surprise to Members if I take this opportunity, provided by today's debate, to raise the question of the situation of certain Irish prisoners in two British jails. 	prep
We want to use the observatory as a think-tank, to try to make sure that we bring forward the appropriate proposals. 	prep
And so, in order to be able to vote in favour of this Commission, I would need to be able to say that, as a bloc, these are Commissioners whose commitment to introduce exactly such fundamental reforms I can endorse. 	prep
I hope that all our warnings and forebodings are not borne out but I should like to be assured of that and that, as a result, there has not been a growth in the fraud committed in the transit system. 	prep
It is quite timely that BNFL is making applications to the British Government to deal with how much radioactive materials it can discharge into the Irish Sea. I say this because 15 September - Wednesday of this week when there will be a lot happening - is the deadline which has been given by the Radioactive Discharges Commission of the Ottawa Convention for the British Government to come up with proposals as to how best it is going to substantially reduce the discharge of radioactive substances into the marine environment. 	prep
We cannot do business, we cannot appease, we cannot reach any consensus with a government which uses children as slaves, a government which represses democracy and refuses to discuss any kind of political settlement of ethnic groups. 	prep
At the beginning of the sitting, when Mr Kinnock was present, we heard many examples of people's difficulties of coping with their lives as politicians here. 	prep
We, as a parliament, want to make sure that accountability is seen to work for those who elected us and to make sure that we have value for money in the running of the programmes. 	prep
I would ask the Commissioner to make sure that, in her work as the lead Commissioner on this subject, she forms a team with Commissioner Papoutsis, Commissioner Kinnock and Commissioner Fischler, the Commissioners most closely concerned. 	prep
Much of this article is political commentary which is of no interest to Parliament as an institution. 	prep
Can I make it absolutely plain to the honourable Member that if he has specific information about threats to a company, if he can let me have them, I will take them up as soon as possible with both UNMIK and KFOR, because I would regard those threats as being extremely serious. 	prep
The time has now come, though, to be able to send Parliamentary representatives to all the meetings and to participate in the IGC on the same basis as the Commission, as a Community institution, to make our case, to advocate our proposals and at times to argue against the proposals made by others. 	prep
Finally, I hope that tomorrow the House will vote for the environmental protection recommendation which Mrs Read introduced at a late stage as an amendment to the report. 	prep
The European Union welcomes the valuable contribution being made by President Moi as a further step towards consolidating the fragile peace process in Somalia. 	prep
Insofar as the POSEIMA programme is concerned, we have to admit that you could not think of a more complicated or indirect or inefficient way to aid islands or remote regions, because in the first place there is no guarantee whatsoever that this money is going to the aid of the people who need it or for whom it was intended. 	prep
As recently as my letter to the French ministers last Tuesday, I took the opportunity of again repeating the need to ensure that an effective system was immediately employed for the payment of compensation in respect of losses in the last dispute. 	prep
I signal that now as being the position which I would take. 	prep
First of all, unlike many other speakers, I am not happy with the decision taken on Monday and, Mr Solana, as a former pacifist turned militarist, I would actually feel that your role within the WEU is a further compromising of neutral states. 	prep
So I accept the principle as reasonable, but when fishermen from a particular region go to exploit these resources, in some instances we should consider whether we should rebalance the resources within our own waters. 	prep
To change the words 'European Public Prosecutor' to 'European judicial authority' is not just a technicality, and I am sure you, Mr President, as a jurist understand the significance of those changes. 	prep
I know, as rapporteur on the recent directive on landfill, that what is happening is that the European Commission is proposing legislation on the basis that it will be adopted and properly implemented in all the Member States while at the same time the same directorate-general of the European Union knows full well that in some areas of policy no inspectorates at all exist able to see that that legislation is implemented in some Member States of the European Union. 	prep
Mr President, this proposal has the very commendable objective of harmonizing safety principles within Member States as regards the transportation of dangerous goods. 	prep
He indicated that as from 1998 the European Commission would not have an age limit on adverts for posts. 	prep
Therefore you are in error as regards the Rules. 	prep
In particular we asked ourselves whether behind the protection of the tourist as user of services the main purpose of the law was to regulate any kind of letting in the Canary Islands and therefore to deprive owners of their rights, and our answer was essentially no. 	prep
. Mr President, I rise as the rapporteur on the draft recommendation from the European Commission on the provision of minimum criteria for environmental inspections. 	prep
It is my contention that we all, as Europeans, will benefit from high-speed trains. 	prep
I would translate tosh as a term of infantile abuse that has no place whatsoever in our deliberations on this report. 	prep
I am quite convinced, as a resident of Angus in the heart of Scotland' s Aberdeen Angus beef production country, that consumers in France, as elsewhere, would choose Scottish beef if they were allowed to do so. 	prep
A multinational company which runs a factory in my home country, Luxembourg, is allowed to continue to use CFC-11 as a solvent in an industrial process, although a substitute which does not deplete the ozone layer exists and has been used since 1995 in a second production line of the same company. 	prep
The answer is to take those measures which directly defend the interests of European companies as affected by this legislation but not to extend the action to areas which have nothing whatsoever to do with this legislation. 	prep
As a result the Group favours maintaining Article 235 as an instrument capable of responding to the inherent, evolutionary character to interpret the objectives of the Union.' 	prep
As far as transparency is concerned, which I define as giving to the public or Parliament as much information as possible about developments in the economy, about monetary developments, about the outcome of the deliberations of the Governing Council, I believe - and I said so in my introductory statement - that the European Central Bank can look squarely in the eyes of any central bank in the world. 	prep
What is worse, the Radiation Standards Directive (Euratom/96/29), which should protect the public and workers as from 2000, actually has features which facilitates the dilution and recycling of radioactive waste, so that consumer products might even contain these materials and no one would know. 	prep
His responsibilities as rapporteur on this highly complex issue have not been easy to measure up to. 	prep
Firstly, I want to reinforce those comments about the way in which your first failure as President of the European Union was to side automatically with Mr Clinton, without even consulting the European Union, on the question of the threat from Baghdad and the threat to bomb Baghdad. 	prep
Secondly, perhaps as important, if not more important, is to vote in terms of keeping the commitments which Parliament has entered into and particularly the interinstitutional agreement. 	prep
I suspect those reports filter as far up as directors-general in the European Commission. I suspect those reports do not touch the desks of European Commissioners. 	prep
Has it interpreted the Cardiff Summit as meaning that Turkey is a candidate country? 	prep
Many people might dislike the idea as being too interfering, but I think I speak for many Members in this House in saying that the European Environment Agency, to some extent, has been a disappointment to Members of the European Parliament. 	prep
My main concern is that as a parliament we try to make sure that we get our development policies for some of these developing countries and our fishing policies and opportunities correctly stated. 	prep
Most of them are a request for information as to how the date-based export scheme actually operates, both on a practical level and on a technical level. 	prep
Nonetheless it should apply to all workers as an absolute principle, whoever they are. 	prep
I will tell you as well that when you talk of small delegations, my group is nominating a Member from a four-person Finnish delegation in my group as a quaestor of this House. 	prep
Tonight we particularly praise Mr Cabrol - and Mr Collins, as the committee Chairman - but the diligent work of Commissioner Flynn and his team in DG V F plus the Chairman-in-Office of the Council of Permanent Representatives, means that another success can be chalked up to add to the growing numbers of welcome conclusions to consultations, particularly those carried out in the manner which Mr Cabrol referred to. 	prep
That will mean that as of next year, two of the Court's 15 members will be women, which is an improvement but still not enough. 	prep
When Mrs Thatcher claimed that there is no such thing as society, just individuals, she crystallized this philosophy. 	prep
I have interpreted that as a comment rather than a question. 	prep
His statement to me seemed not to be written so much in Paris as in the hallowed halls of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London. 	prep
So let us hope that in the final draft - which is being handed over now to the Dutch presidency - the message from Dublin will be, as Mr Santer has indicated that it should be: the fight against unemployment, social deprivation and poverty must continue, and the final Treaty must have that as its priority. 	prep
Indeed it had been my wish, as Mr Ferber has said, to ensure as rapporteur that this problem was tackled within the directive. 	prep
It is completely unacceptable that it carries out the same barbaric acts as countries like Iran -it is basically in the same category as Iran. 	prep
Parliament is submitting this motion so that part of your own earlier proposal, which leads to even bigger problems and perhaps may not be accepted, may serve as a helping hand to assist you in extending coverage to students. 	prep
You may share his opinion but, of course, I trust that you, as a good guardian of the rules of the House, can say whether under Rule 108 I am entitled to make a personal statement on that response. 	prep
One of the important things which I would hope that the Commission will take away from our debate this evening is the way in which national administrations - I have talked about the British experience but, from comparing notes with other colleagues I understand it is just as bad in other countries - use Brussels and the European Commission as an excuse. 	prep
We therefore need, I believe, to have a large parliamentary delegation in Seattle from this Parliament at least equal in size to that of the US Congress to make sure that we can represent what the views of this House are there as well as being able to ensure that as this negotiation takes place on non-tariff as well as tariff issues. 	prep
I wish to put on record, as someone who has a long-standing interest in that policy question, that I ask whether I am entitled to receive a copy of the written and oral submissions which were made on behalf of the House on an issue which is of grave concern to many Members. 	prep
The European Voluntary Service has not been well advertised as yet, and perhaps at this stage that is not a bad thing: the last thing we want to do to the youth of Europe is to raise their expectations and then dash them due to a lack of resources. 	prep
I hope we can look to the administration to produce a report to Parliament as to what this priority means in practical terms, not necessarily waiting until next year. 	prep
Madam President, as someone who has visited North Korea, at my own expense, with two colleagues, Clive Needle and David Thomas, I am pleased to speak in this debate. 	prep
I am sure that the new Commission will look into this matter as one of the first priorities and come forward with a balanced proposal. 	prep
I take issue with one or two points in Mr Hoppenstedt's report, in particular item 5, which talks about privatization as being necessary in order to liberalize. 	prep
It is the first time that Article 138b of the EC Treaty has been used as a call for legislation. 	prep
These are very serious allegations and I should also point out that similar allegations have been made as regards Somalia. 	prep
For example the meal that arises as a result of rapeseed extraction, also known as rapeseed cake, is an excellent protein concentrate, but can also be used, for example, in alternative energy production, or as a soil improver in arable farming. 	prep
Is there any further pressure that the Council and the European Union would consider putting on the Iraqi authorities in an effort at least to get information as to how many of these people are alive, who they are, what is the state of their health, when they are going to be released and, indeed, how many have died. 	prep
There will always be those who will attack the efforts of the European Commission as bureaucratic interference but we must be prepared to explain to our citizens that they can only enjoy consumer benefits within a single market if fairness and equality is enforced. 	prep
I regard it as a privilege to be able to listen in to such an exciting and robust exchange of views. 	prep
That is true not just in Britain but elsewhere as well, in Germany, Italy, France and so on. 	prep
There has been an effective moratorium in place since then with the result that 53 people who were defined as subject to what we would call cruel and inhuman punishment, have had their cases put on one side. 	prep
I very much welcome this report and I for one look forward to being here when we welcome to the European Parliament Romanian Members as colleagues. 	prep
In the light of the fact that the Dounreay nuclear plant is now being closed because of the public health risks to the operations being carried out there, the Irish Sea must not be used as a dumping ground for nuclear waste materials from the Sellafield plant. 	prep
What we need to know is whether the Commission is determined to get as good a result as it can. 	prep
Furthermore, 150 million women are left with long-term illness or disability as a result of pregnancy. 	prep
I am sure he will understand that to the degree we can bring political influence to bear, we will certainly do it, not least because we understand the great social and personal distress being encountered by a large number of truck drivers and their families and the disadvantages caused to all parts of the European Community's economy, notably the peripheral areas, as a consequence of a dispute of this kind. 	prep
The convergence criteria have helped, of course, and we have managed to maintain some investment as a result of consolidated budgetary and fiscal policies. 	prep
Attendance will be better as will decisions. 	prep
We have now added to that list the ongoing humanitarian plight of thousands of displaced East Timorese as a result of the well-planned and systematic policy of killings, destruction of property, and intimidation carried out by the militia and elements of the Indonesian security forces. 	prep
As a direct result of this petition we have discovered some very alarming things about some gas heaters, including the fact that 61 people died in Belgium last year as a direct result of carbon monoxide poisoning from water heaters. 	prep
Then we will be in the same situation as with the tobacco companies where millions could be paid out to people whose health has been put in danger. 	comparison
This can be taken as an indication of the ongoing concern of the Union about the matters which the Member has raised. 	prep
For the governments to come up with a draft of the Treaty - laudable as it is, and supporting it as we do in this Parliament with regard to actions of non-discrimination for disabled people - that does not cover all of the areas of European legislation would fail to meet the demands of 37 million disabled European citizens. 	concession
For these reasons, as the report currently stands - I stress as it currently stands - I regret I will not be able to support it. 	comparison
He talks about decentralisation as if it is the same thing. 	prep
But I do not want the Council to see it as a threat. 	prep
It is as important in a European-wide field as it is to individual countries. 	comparison
We see this as a way of tackling unemployment, as a way of strengthening the internal market of the European Union. 	comparison
It is as unacceptable now against the Serb and Roma minorities as it was when carried out against the Kosovars until some months ago. 	comparison
The Declaration 1 runs counter to the modalities set out in Decision 87/373, as it is the Commission which is assisted by the committee and not the chairman as is usual. 	comparison
Unaccustomed as we are to receive prompt replies - and often we receive no replies at all on violations of human rights and atrocities of all sorts when they are perpetrated by the United States of America - we are relieved indeed by the statement which we have just heard. 	comparison
It is, as Mr Peijs has pointed out, quite amazing that in this day and age we still have so much done on paper. 	comparison
The principles of representation in Europe, as applied to its nations and regions need to be re-examined, and I am very sad that the Dehaene report has said practically nothing about this. 	comparison
Other industries have far worse instances of difficulty which do not get the same attention as anything to do with the word 'nuclear' . 	comparison
I will speak, as I can at this juncture, only on behalf of the current Commission. 	comparison
I absolutely endorse what both Mrs Theorin and Mr Titley said about conflict over water and resources and how central this should be as we plan the Common Foreign and Security Policy over the next ten years Equally, I am not going to add to comments that have been made on the impact of the military on the environment. 	temporal
The construction of Europe as a response to the great challenges of the next century and as a barrier against the resurgence of the demons of nationalism remains just as crucial today, after the end of the cold war, as it was for the founding fathers after the end of World War II.	temporal
I hope that the Irish people will once again give a strong endorsement for my country's continued participation in the European Union as they have done on each of the three previous occasions when a European referendum has been held in Ireland. 	temporal
Mr Gahrton, in his otherwise excellent report, refers to the definition of an SEA as an environmental assessment of a strategic action - a policy plan or programme; a formalised, systematic and comprehensive process of evaluating the environmental effects of that policy programme or its alternatives. 	prep
Secondly, as has already been mentioned by my colleague with regard to peripherality - and the President-in-Office also mentioned this - the fact is that people leaving the Community would still be entitled to buy duty-free. 	comparison
I would also like to say that as we debate this subject we must ensure that we view the development of organic farming realistically, bearing in mind the cost of production. 	temporal
Why do you always have to be dragged here as a College, as a President, before the bar of public accountability? 	prep
You have presided over one of the most extraordinary periods in the history of the European Union and the life of this Parliament, as you yourself said in your speech: going from the intergovernmental conference, through the introduction of the euro and indeed through the unexpected ratification process of the new Commission - that though we had not quite timetabled or expected it - has also been dealt with. 	prep
It would then be a matter for the Council as to what kind of response would be given. 	prep
But for heaven' s sake Commissioner, by indicating today and presumably also at your press conference, that there is another two weeks, you will make everyone read that as meaning that you have simply extended the deadline. 	prep
This must be recognised at Vienna as, indeed, must the renewed interest in Malta. 	comparison
I should like to ask him to take another little look at Amendment No 4 to the first regulation, Recital 10, given that, in its own position, as it was presented to the Council, the Commission accepted that amendment. 	comparison
Mr President, at the outset I want to congratulate Mr Prodi on his appointment by the European Council as President-designate of the Commission, and I am quite certain that recommendation will be ratified overwhelmingly by the European Parliament this week. 	prep
I heard the debate today and I interpret it as a very mature and very sober contribution to furthering these hopes that what I would call a soft landing for Indonesia and for all the peoples of Indonesia can be obtained.  	prep
Socrates is vital to the expansion of the educational capacity of our young people, not only in terms of their cultural capacity but in terms of their economic foundation as well. 	prep
I should like to say to you, Mr Prodi, directly on behalf of my group, not as advice nor as an instruction but as a suggestion that you might like to think about, that you should seek in the coming days - and especially tomorrow in your dialogue with the European Council - to assert your own independence, not just of the needs of this House, but of some of the parameters of the Council itself. 	prep
I would like to reiterate what we stressed when the interim report was discussed here last June, namely, that we intend to keep Parliament fully informed of any initiative which we might take or any proposal which we might submit to the Council with regard to the implementation of Article 366a of the Fourth Lomé Convention which sadly, as has been said, is not something that can be regarded as a purely theoretical possibility.  	comparison
Concerted action can have a positive effect, provided it is not founded on the values of the lowest common denominator nor on any retreat from the 1951 Geneva Convention's fundamental approach to asylum-seeking as an individual human right. 	prep
If the police had acted as they should have done four months earlier this situation would not have deteriorated to one where the children's lives were at risk and where the parent who had abducted was threatening to burn down the house. 	comparison
You opened your doors in a new and innovative way to backbenchers, as President of the House. 	prep
I have to say - and I know you are aware of this - that the poor farmers in the Caribbean are not going to be impressed by what they might see as a rather technocratic approach. 	prep
I do not want to deal with a retrospective view but to look to the future, as Fernand Herman said. 	causal
I think it is fair to say that there is general consensus in the European Union - the Council, the Parliament and the Commission - on the following two propositions: firstly, whatever the understandable outrage about the appalling acts of terrorism in Moscow, in the northern Caucasus and elsewhere - which, as someone whose country has had all too much experience of terrorism, I totally condemn - Russian action over recent weeks has involved repeated disproportionate military force, repeated disregard for the need to seek a political solution and repeated disregard for the tragic human consequences. 	prep
At the same time I should like to point out that no appropriations have been earmarked as part of the budget item for civil protection, that is to say B-3300 for 1996, despite the Committee on the Environment's excellent report. 	prep
They are bewildered and frightened by what they see as a relentless onslaught on the banana regime by the United States. 	prep
I conclude by saying that until the refugee issue has found a just and comprehensive solution, the Union' s support for UNRWA, as a provider of para-governmental services in the West Bank, Gaza, Lebanon, Jordan and Syria, to alleviate the very difficult lives of 3.5 million Palestinian people in the refugee camps, is absolutely crucial. 	prep
That was, as the Commissioner's statement says, "immensely heartening". 	comparison
There is no level playing field, as other speakers have said. 	comparison
So I think there has to be a fundamental rethink which encourages enterprise and rewards effort and one which has to deal with, as the honourable Member said, some of the structural problems which exist. 	comparison
When I go around speaking about the euro - sadly, as an onlooker - I find enormous support from business, exporters, industry and potential tourists. 	prep
They give greater priority to life-long learning as opposed to exclusively concentrating on youth training. 	prep
Thirdly, the introduction of a form of consultative referendum for the new Chairman of the European Commission, as advocated by Jacques Delors and others. 	comparison
I would also ask the Commissioner to think again about the whole situation as far as the Organization of African Unity is concerned and its desire to intervene directly in the situation there, to bring about peace and stability insofar as that can be arrived at. 	prep
In relation to the question that the honourable Member has asked, as she will be aware, a joint action is an enabling statutory procedure under the Treaties, specifically the second and third pillars as provided for in the Treaty on European Union. 	comparison
Mr President, I would like to pay tribute to the rapporteur who is pursuing a line this Parliament has always pursued, namely taking the Treaties as they stand, recognizing their insufficiencies but trying to interpret them in the most creative way possible, trying to take the Treaties and, as it were, stretch them like a piece of elastic to try to get as much out of them as is reasonably possible. 	comparison
The agri-dairy sector is as crucial to Ireland's farmers as cocoa is to other producing countries, and I have no desire to minimize the importance of cocoa to the countries which are dependent on it. 	prep
In a sense it will be before the project really gets under way, but of course it cannot be done except as part of the project. 	prep
Again, one wonders why they are so greedy as they seem to have 40 % of the EU bananas and the Caribbean only 9 %. 	concession
Unfortunately, as others have said, Europe's response is often perceived as being guided too much by our own commercial advantage, rather than the need to respond to the misery of the people in those countries where we risk undermining the very credibility of any claim that Europe is, in fact, genuinely committed to human rights. 	comparison
Secondly, Mr Pittella who, as a new member, came to the committee and has made quite a significant point about the phasing-in of the ECSC funds. 	prep
It is time we said that if we take Friday mornings seriously - and this has been a serious debate today - then these should be televised as well. 	prep
I think that probably could actually apply to New Labour as the imitation of the Conservative Party, which is presently being offered! 	prep
The longer an incident is allowed to go unchecked the wider the impact, as we have seen. 	comparison
But in the context of the current disaster there, Indonesia has become a symbol of the lengths to which a brutal, weak and unscrupulous regime will go to further its power and control over those it perceives as challenging its authority. 	prep
I want to say a special thank you to Mr Gutiérrez Díaz for the commitment he has shown on this issue, both as a former chairman of the Committee on Regional Policy, a Vice-President of our Parliament and someone who has keenly followed these issues from the beginning of the peace process. 	prep
It seems rather strange, that as we move to the single currency with the possibility of smart cards and electronic money and so forth, that we are proposing the rather backward step of having eight separate coins in circulation. 	temporal
I speak as someone representing a region which has spent some time because of those Council meetings preparing its own pact for employment. 	prep
The system is also acting as a deterrent to young people making a career in farming. 	prep
I hope this House will reject the majority of amendments so that we will have an opinion from the European Parliament which is realistic and constructive in adapting the European model of agriculture to new economic and social conditions as set out in the joint resolution from our colleagues, Mr Fantuzzi and Mr Graefe zu Baringdorf. 	comparison
The governments of France and the Irish Republic have also joined the campaign as of that date. 	prep
You had better check the lists as well, please. 	prep
The wording of the resolution may be interpreted as suggesting that when the current rate of inflation is below 2% then the Eurosystem would be under an obligation to support the general economic policies of the Communities. 	prep
Tests are being undertaken as we speak. 	temporal
If politics were an exact science, the United States of Europe would already exist as the logical culmination of the aims of the Founding Fathers of the European Union, providing security and prosperity for its citizens and exercising a benign but powerful influence on the world stage. 	prep
But it has to be able to deliver mindful of the concerns and worries that have been expressed, not just in my country, but in other Member States as well. 	prep
But across the whole of the European Union, given the importance of the small business community to the EU, we need to make sure that as much pressure as possible is exerted on the Member States to provide the same facility in all 15 countries. 	prep
Far from not wanting new ways at European or Member Statelevel of approaching this problem, I am one of the most ardent supporters of new approaches and I am the Minister responsible - as it happens, at the Prime Minister's office - for local development in my own country. 	prep
The Council, up to now, has had an advantage in that the Treaty specifies that the Council or its representatives attend the conciliation meetings and in practice, when necessary, in cases where meetings have gone on longer than expected - as they often do in conciliation, with extra meetings called at short notice - the Council has been able to change its representatives. 	comparison
The Commission cannot accept Amendments Nos 18 and 34 on the possible use of HCFCs as a replacement to halons in fire fighting. 	prep
Mr President, as the leader of my group I can tell you now that it is our view that, having raised this issue, it would be more appropriate to have a proper discussion about it in the next plenary. 	prep
It is quite clear that it should be explicit and if it is already implied then I do not see what the problem is about ensuring that it is explicit because as time goes by radioactive substances are going to pose an even greater danger and - as I have already said - we are very lucky that there has not already been a serious accident. 	comparison
We agree with that, but we insist that a democratic European Union must be built on the rule of law as an equal partner with a charter of rights. 	prep
In addition, the Union needs to define clearly what it understands as coming within the broad concept of human rights, which obviously goes well beyond simple humanitarian actions. 	prep
Madam President, in my nine years in this Parliament I have never before heard a speech of such distorted, selfindulgent drivel as that which Mr Kerr gave a short while ago. 	comparison
Why should British travellers not be allowed the same standard of service when travelling in France, Germany, Italy, Greece and Spain as is currently available in the UK? 	comparison
Verification will take place during the course of next year as to whether the momentum of change in Latvia that we have broadly described in the report is being maintained. 	prep
Secondly, on the question of legal bases, as I said in my statement, we have 19 legal bases now pending in the legislative authority. ECU 500m are dependent on those legal bases. 	comparison
Ecofin's report to Florence on what I would characterize as the non-implementation of the 1995 guidelines, following hard on the heels of the non-implementation of the 1994 guidelines, is a ritualistic, bland and passive document in the face of this pathetic factual record. 	prep
Now we will be there as well. 	prep
I challenge the Commission here today to tell us whether these chickens are being examined and whether they meet the same standards as we have? 	prep
But the real challenge for the Irish presidency will be to get concrete results so that these aspirations are not left as empty sentiments. 	prep
We will always remember you as a person who has shown very great leadership at all times and someone who was open, friendly and accessible to Members of Parliament. 	prep
We have to recognise that there are public services within the Union that are of general interest and cannot simply be subject to liberalization and privatization but instead must be made available as public services for the public good. 	prep
Would you please try and improve the register which is, as I said, a very small mouse. 	comparison
So far as support from the TENs funds is concerned, the step that would have to be taken, as I pointed out in an earlier answer, is for the Swedish Government to make an application. This would have to receive due consideration. 	comparison
We agree whole-heartedly with that, and I would say one of the tests that we would have in the back of our minds as a group is this: in five years' time will we have exported stability to south-eastern Europe, or will we still be importing the consequences of instability? 	prep
However, within the neutral states, the public is being misled. In fact, it is being brushed over as a non-event. 	prep
The Commission yesterday, as you are already aware, adopted a decision to issue a formal reasoned opinion to the French authorities over their continued refusal to lift their national restrictions on imports of British beef. 	comparison
Does the Council consider that EU law as it now stands entitles the institutions of the Union to act on arms policy and arms matters, and if so, in what respect, and to what extent and with what objectives? 	comparison
But even those three leftovers, as Mr Barnier underlined, are not subjects which are easy to handle. 	comparison
Peacemaking, for instance, is translated as rauhanhieronta which in English means peace massage. 	prep
Situations have changed since we signed up in 1993; we must make sure that it can survive as a living entity. 	prep
In particular the relationship between the European Parliament and the European Commission must be hardworking and harmonious, so as to ensure that key elements of our EU legislative requirements are enacted in as an effective a manner as possible. 	prep
One is in transparency, as other Members have said. 	comparison
But, as I have said, we must have maximum transparency, control and full knowledge of the ultimate objectives. 	comparison
We sympathized with the Malaysian authorities as they struggled with the consequences of these troubles which include the plight of the immigrant workers of which there are some 1 million out of a population of 22 million. 	causal
If we were to spend as much money looking after students and teachers as we do looking after wealthy farmers it would be a better use of European money. 	prep
As an ex-development minister I formed very strong views about expenditure on armaments as opposed to expenditure on educating people and improving their health. 	prep
The proposal, as we know, sets out measures to protect human health and the environment from the risks associated with activities working with genetically modified organisms in contained conditions. 	comparison
I also reject pleas from companies advertising other products using the same brand name as major cigarette brands. 	prep
Secondly, when we then come to the other institutions - if our rapporteur could tune in to my wavelength, Mr Tomlinson - I would like to welcome the fact that we have actually kept our commitments of being within the 20 %, as we have always done. 	comparison
It is a challenge to the creativity of the Commission and indeed of this Parliament and of all of us as individuals. 	prep
We now have swine fever as well and we do not know the ultimate cost of that. 	prep
I look forward this afternoon to hearing the input of the European Parliament as to how we can take both those parts of the agenda forward at Cardiff. 	prep
The honourable Member knows better than I, though I have some experience of it as well, the damage which has been done to Africa by the illegal movement of arms. 	prep
Finally, entrepreneurs in the travel and tourism industry will make Europe's top industry more competitive, as the transparency of the euro will drive down costs. 	temporal
There seemed to be no unanimity within Israel or within the PLO, and the Palestinian cause generally, as to how to proceed. 	temporal
Washington, it seems to me, is currently torn between a view of itself as the centre of a unipolar world of American hegemony and the more realistic recognition that it is a super-power that operates most effectively when it exercises its power in tandem with Europe. 	prep
I trust the Commission will take careful account of Mr Howitt's report from this House this evening, for he has not only identified problem areas, but offered constructive criticism as to how the problems can be addressed in order to make application of the guidelines more effective, thereby contributing to greater transparency and efficiency. 	prep
In my supplementary therefore, I would like a direct answer from the President-in-Office as regards the Finnish Presidency' s position firstly on reducing youth crime, secondly on ensuring that the right of Member States not to be forced to comply with a so-called liberal regime of drug use and drug policy are not diminished and thirdly, on ensuring that there is no diminution of the requirement for unanimous agreement on any changes in this area. 	prep
We were concerned last year - as were millions throughout the world - at the health and environmental consequences resulting from the testing in the South Pacific at Mururoa and most Members here will recall the public hearing held here in Parliament which dealt extensively with this issue of health and public safety. 	comparison
For example, India described its only nuclear test as a 'peaceful nuclear explosion' , but it still used the results to develop its weapons programme. 	prep
Madam President, coming from Northern Ireland as I do, I have to say that there is hypocrisy in both President Clinton and Prime Minister Blair. 	comparison
I know that my constituents, as all the colleagues here, share those views. 	comparison
Mr President, I put a very clear question: the Dutch presidency apparently wants the EU to join Eurocontrol, as such, whilst paragraph 17 of the report refers to a new organization. 	prep
One of the tasks between now and December, if we choose to postpone this matter - as was the view of the majority of the Conference of Presidents - would be to invite the President of the Court of Auditors to undertake an extensive investigation as to whether it was to the Court or another institution that the leak could be traced. 	prep
In fact, it is not as anybody would have written it. 	comparison
I imagine the honourable Member is against the expropriation of property as well. 	prep
But for me, and many of my group, there remain some gaps in relation to the financial perspectives as they currently stand. 	comparison
It is one of several in the world which seem inherently unstable, where the condemnation, as has been said by Mr Schiedermeier, from the United Nations has been strong and consistent. 	comparison
We do not regard low pay as an unfair trading practice: it is a natural advantage of poorer countries. 	prep
It is clear, as other colleagues have remarked, that under the standard rules Ireland would no longer qualify in the next round as one state, one region under Objective 1. 	prep
I transferred my number, as my colleague Mr van Velzen laid down and as the Commission rightly proposed. 	comparison
But also we must ensure that these events - horrible as they have been - do not deter us in our determination to keep going with the peace process. 	concession
From a technical point of view, Directive 96/62 defines ambient air as 'outdoor air' only. 	prep
But it is the strategic partnership agreement that also gives us formal grounds, apart from our reactions as human beings, to question what is going on. 	prep
But as the report shows, different mechanisms are required for the in-countries and for the non-participating Member States. 	prep
The report today must be supported as it is a real and positive step in the right direction. 	causal
On the main report, the political group which I represent as coordinator supports it throughout - to such an extent that we wanted it to be kept, like Mrs Dührkop's, as short as possible. 	prep
But the good news is that, in addition, there are Member States who increasingly can see the joint and individual advantage of negotiating as a Community with the United States of America. 	prep
Human rights do not improve however, President, political democracy and the rule of law are mere buzzwords, repeated almost as a mantra by the political elite in Turkey. 	prep
Just to go back for a moment, the quotas were introduced because there had been a huge increase in the production of potatoes for starch when starch from potatoes started to be treated, as far as subsidies were concerned, in the same way as cereals. 	prep
Are we going to treat people who are unfortunate enough to be seeking asylum or fleeing persecution as criminals? 	prep
Biotechnology, as a science, has the potential to give us enormous new advances in the next century if it is used properly. 	prep
I hope that, as stated in paragraph 3, legislation will incorporate many of the ideas brought forward by the Starting Line Group which has been working on proposed legislation for a number of years. 	comparison
I see the family as having a very real relevance both at the beginning and end of life. 	prep
Finally, as one who has been involved in quality assurance in educational procedures in the United Kingdom, I urge the Commission and anybody involved in this to keep it simple: we do not want too much bureaucracy or a procedure where form-filling and record-taking are seen as important rather than delivering good education, which is what is called for. 	prep
I have no doubt this is true in each country of the European Union but I, as a British Member, am happy to pay tribute to the very high standards and the leadership that the BBC has given in public service broadcasting. 	prep
We believe that ab initio this kind of process, which, as I said, was a minority pursuit, to be a sign of weakness and not of strength. 	comparison
We had the letter of intent of 6 July by the six defence ministers which was actually a vital step along the way, as indeed was the code of conduct on arms sales. 	prep
You will note in the report that in the past year I have dealt with 29 petitions as mediator. 	prep
That mistrust is to some degree - and maybe unintentionally - fostered by the national authorities and departments who represent the Commission as the oppressive force which is responsible for all the regulation. 	prep
I want to begin by placing emphasis on the question of employment policy, in particular to focus on traded public services - as distinct from the public service in general - and the way in which in employment policy terms they are critical to the creation of sustainable jobs in the Union. 	prep
As I have repeatedly said for many months now, and certainly this week, there is one issue the Council has refused to answer: whether or not depleted uranium munitions are being used in Serbia, Kosovo, what we previously knew as Yugoslavia. 	prep
The issue is that there is an opt-out and it is wholly predictable that the UK has reservations, as you said in your letter. 	comparison
To date the European Union has given ECU 150 million, as people have said, and has involved itself with more than 3, 000 projects. 	comparison
To those politicians who see farmers as a legitimate target to boost their own political careers with urban voters, I say that they are displaying an appalling lack of understanding of the unique role of agriculture in the context of broader national and EU policy. 	comparison
I am confident that this Irish presidency will deliver on its priorities as it has consistently done in the past and give the lie to the myth that the small states cannot effectively handle the assignment. 	comparison
China is, of course, important, not just to the EU but to the world, as we saw when everybody was trembling at the prospect of a devaluation of the currency. 	comparison
I hope that the Union might serve as a model to Northern Ireland, that so much more can be achieved collectively than apart. 	prep
Mr President, let me say right from the outset that the UK Independence Party, my party - the members of which are so often dismissed as "little Englanders" - totally deplore the outbreaks of petty nationalism in the UK and France, over this beef issue 	prep
But, as has been said before by many speakers, we must understand the way in which the interinstitutional crisis of the last few months has altered in some fundamental way the relationship between our two institutions. 	comparison
I ask this as a serious point because if the Bureau's decision was to discipline us in some manner then it is quite easy to bypass it by putting a statement in writing and then walking out that door. 	prep
The situation continues to deteriorate as capacities continue to grow, competition is becoming stronger and prices fall. 	temporal
It is also not yet agreed that the EU will liberalise imports of South African automotive products within three years, as the report seems to announce on page 9. 	comparison
Madam President, I am going to treat this almost as a continuation of the previous debate, because in his explanatory statement Mr Bowe states: ' As more advances take place in this sector it seems certain further questions of ethical acceptability will be raised. 	prep
I would also like to stress the importance of the EURATOM Treaty and a review or replacement of that Treaty as part of a common energy policy. 	prep
Nonetheless I would like to hear from the Commission as to what we can do about Amendment No 7. 	prep
One thing that is quite clear to me is that the Parliament is very, very under-resourced as regards the necessary research with which to back up the points which are made in Lange and Mamère. 	prep
I wonder whether, in the interests of economy, efficiency, and certainly of modernisation, you could either rule as President or call for an investigation to see whether the word 'distribution' could be interpreted to mean 'distributed electronically', so that those Members who want to access the full list of recorded votes can do so through the computers or a certain number of copies can be made available to those Members, rather than going through the expensive and wasteful procedure of distributing hundreds of pages to everybody. 	prep
It is the first time that a Parliament resolution has been used as the backdrop for a Commission proposal for legislation. 	prep
That applies to Hong Kong as well. 	prep
Parliament's assent to this agreement is already five months late, and the public simply would not appreciate a further refusal to make progress and to create a strict but fair regime for the Parliament as for the other bodies. 	prep
I also hope that it will force the UK Treasury and Miss Knight, as Economic Secretary, to pay their bills on time. 	prep
There is no justification whatsoever, as everyone has been saying, for the use of terrorist action in free, open and democratic societies and certainly not acts of terrorism which lead to suffering by innocent people as they so frequently do. 	comparison
Mr Prodi views the Commission as a Government for Europe. 	prep
If we had more cooperation with the Member States we would not have as many problems. 	prep
On the other hand, many Member States saw Article 129 as an appropriate alternative to the legal base. 	prep
That means that if we want to move to other modes of transport - as Members from all groups want - such as rail, inland waterway or short sea transport, we will still have to reckon with the fact that short-haul transport is being carried out by road. 	comparison
The amendments we tabled and which have been taken on board by the Committee on Legal Affairs and Citizens' Rights will hopefully help to bring about the free movement of workers, as Ms Oddy mentioned, and these people will be able to practice anywhere in the Community. 	comparison
I would also like to stress the committee' s view that the ECB should bring pressure to bear on those Member States which rely excessively on short-term debt, as this can present dangers, particularly during a financial crisis. 	causal
Mr President, I welcome today's debate on the Schroedter report on the Agenda 2000 chapter on economic and social cohesion as a solid basis on which to launch Parliament's more detailed and comprehensive work on the regulations governing the Structural Funds. 	prep
The common text we have before us is united in making sure that Saddam Hussein is clearly identified as being in the wrong; that there has to be implementation of UN resolutions. 	prep
We have to try and use the association agreement, as Commissioner Marin has indicated, in order to develop that dialogue and allow access to Algeria by non-governmental organizations that can begin to assess the reality of the situation there. 	comparison
We hope that, as all honourable Members are aware of the difficulties, the Commission and Parliament can join forces to bring forward these particular initiatives. 	causal
Therefore I ask you to take this matter to the Bureau to investigate the possibility as to whether one should accept oral amendments as in the case of the last speaker. 	prep
The proposed article that would allow developing countries to voluntarily undertake commitments in the form of quantified emission targets was not adopted as part of the protocol. 	prep
I realise that traditional products have not normally carried labels as to their content. 	prep
Finally, I urge us to work with the media, work with politicians who are looking to liberalise Turkey and work with lawyers and members of the judiciary to improve standards in Turkey as a means of developing greater political dialogue. 	prep
Of course, we need to continue collective responsibility to the extent that the Commission, as a legislature, should not be under the pressure of individual governments. 	prep
To do this, the Commission proposes abolishing the Warsaw Convention limits which, as I said, are completely out of date, bringing in a more objective definition of liability rather than a subjective definition - although here, I agree with the rapporteur when he suggests that the figure should go up to ECU 120, 000 rather than ECU 100, 000 because that brings it more into line with existing IATA agreements and would cause less confusion. 	comparison
Mr President, as I understand the procedural point we have reached now, after the vote you will refer the Elles report back to the Committee on Budgetary Control. 	comparison
Is it your intention as Commissioner to develop a European policy to eliminate BSE throughout the Community? 	prep
Participation of Hungary in a Community programme on media is very important because, as we all know, free media are crucial to a democracy. 	comparison
In particular, since it will no longer subsidized after 1999, the cost of travelling by coach or car will go up, as it can no longer be subsidized by duty-free sales 	causal
Again, as regards child abduction, all of us who have constituencies - as in the UK - are likely to have to face the anguish of one or other parent trying to retrieve their child from another country, sometimes against near impossible odds. 	prep
The Commission can agree to this, I have to say somewhat reluctantly, as the only practical way to have the regulation adopted in good time. 	prep
We also need to lead the way, as people have said, on ratification. 	comparison
We have not been presented with specific measures as yet. 	prep
It is quite unthinkable that the European Commission, having resigned, should quietly continue with 'business as usual' until the end of their mandate. 	prep
I thought this House should know that just a few minutes ago in the House of Commons the British Prime Minister John Major, in answer to a question about the report from the Committee of Inquiry which we are discussing this afternoon, referred to it as 'a load of tosh' . 	prep
The Commission policy since 1994 has been to interpret an action which involves less than ECU 5m and of a duration less than two years as not significant. 	prep
I speak here today as somebody who voted against the customs union with Turkey last year because I did not believe the line that I was being given. 	prep
It will therefore be a matter of interpretation by ferry companies and others as to what their responsibilities are with regard to what they can sell, at what rate of tax, and where. 	prep
I have had some good news from the financial control services in the Commission lately to the effect that some interesting work is going forward to remedy this situation which has been the subject of comment year after year from the Court of Auditors regarding the two 'old' agencies, as we may call them, in Dublin and now Thessaloniki. 	comparison
With the exception of Amendment No 16 as outlined by my colleague Mr Miller, it deserves the full support of this House. 	comparison
It may be a small part, but we certainly have a responsibility as a Parliament to play some part in bringing this regime and its inhumane policies to an end. 	prep
Amendment No 1 therefore seeks to make it clear that this type of by-product, which can be used for purposes other than feed or food use, for example as a source of energy, as a biogas fuel or as a source of humus, is excluded from the calculation of the maximum permitted quantity of 1 million tonnes. 	prep
Like her and like other speakers, I regard this as an absolutely hopeless document which really was not worth writing. 	prep
Madam President, as the coordinator for the Green Group on the Committee on Women's Rights, I should like to stress the importance of having men support women in achieving equality in the European Union. 	prep
I have listened to the opinions of the fishermen's representatives, many of whom believe that this motion for a resolution has been compiled simply to demolish the concept of national quota fisheries and treat the industry as no more than any other business. 	prep
That is why it is important, as the previous speaker has said, that the study of minority languages should be encouraged in the Socrates programme. 	comparison
Given the European elections in June, given the imminent introduction of the Amsterdam Treaty and given the convergence of general elections in two of our Member States on the same day as the European elections, the timetable presents us with a logistic headache of monumental proportions.	prep
