Mr President I should be grateful if you would investigate this because our President seems to be paying more attention to influences outside this House than to parliamentary rights, claiming that the vote on the financial perspective should be a simple majority, rather than a qualified majority, though the chairman of the Committee on Budgets actually said it should be done by a qualified majority.	contrast
These are almost unknown in the UK, though prevalent on the Continent.	contrast
At this hour - though from my experience as a Member of the House of Commons in Britain a few years ago this would be regarded as fairly early in the day - I do not think that honourable Members would want me to go through absolutely every point that was made in the earlier discussions on the regulation. 	contrast
He advocates a yes vote on the revised version of Lomé IV and its financial protocol, even though he has sound reservations in doing so. 	concession
Even though this is an internal directive, it cannot be taken in isolation, just as the EU cannot be taken in isolation.	concession
The Commission has also proposed to bring the private sector within the scope of Directive 93/38/EEC: effectively in line with the GPA even though the private sector is excluded from the GPA.	concession
Even though the proposed budget for the programme is lamentable - ECU 28 million over five years is entirely inadequate given the scale of the problem - it is evidence of the recognition of the need for concerted action at European level.	concession
Even though the proposed budget for the programme is lamentable - ECU 28 million over five years is entirely inadequate given the scale of the problem - it is evidence of the recognition of the need for concerted action at European level.	concession
Even though the US government is doing other things as well -- fiscal stimulus, quantitative easing, and other uses of bailout funds -- it is not doing everything it should.	concession
Even though this dispute between the two communities has now lasted decades, the EU itself is now preparing to violate the fundamental agreements that created the Republic. 	concession
In 1967, researchers produced a genetic tree of a score of animals and fungi that had virtually the same branching order as would have been drawn by a classical biologist, even though their computer was utterly ignorant of the comparative anatomy, paleontology, embryology, and other non-molecular attributes of these creatures.	concession
Even though 19 of NATO's 26 members also belong to the EU, leaders and bureaucrats in most of these countries have been unwilling to back the commitment of their troops with the economic resources needed.	concession
"They truly seemed to be, as Yeltsin once put it, ""the guarantors of the democratic constitution,"" even though the behavior in power of both Yeltsin and Schevardnadze was often neither democratic nor constitutional. "	concession
"It can't raise taxes, declare war, or sack a government (even though in theory it can dismiss all the members of the European Commission en masse, the so-called ""nuclear option"" that is unlikely ever to be used). "	concession
Even though it is no longer a global superpower, Russia's vast oil and gas reserves make it an energy superpower, and Putin seems intent on playing that card. 	concession
The US faces similar pressures, even though we are one of the world's most open economies.	concession
Recent attempts to remedy this under the Capital Requirements Directive have been disappointing, even though it was plainly the best that could be achieved politically given EU countries' differing views on prudential supervision.	concession
As a result, many more votes were recorded by the ECK for the presidential race than for the parliamentary race, even though voters were clearly instructed -- indeed required -- to cast a vote in both races.	concession
Even though China instituted new initiatives in industrial safety at the beginning of 2003, official estimates indicate that industrial accident deaths increased by almost 10% last year.	concession
We managed to find 2 billion extra when the beef industry got into trouble even though the pig meat sector is twice as big - there is twice as much pigmeat consumed in the European Union as there is beef.	concession
Mr President, my attendance is not recorded even though, as you know, I was here because I sat in the Bureau with you for two hours.	concession
But on the BBC we saw a film recently showing the deformed children and animals and the worried elderly people who have decided to go back because that was their home, even though there is a risk.	concession
Central Asia is blessed with an abundance of energy and water resources, even though much is wasted by inefficient use and poor maintenance of infrastructure.	concession
The EU's reluctant number two country has served unofficial notice that it, too, does not plan to abide by its deficit-reduction promises. This comes one year after tiny Ireland received an official warning about its fiscal policies, even though Ireland's budget was in surplus, and mightily so.	concession
Now we have to recognize that the Union - I am thinking mostly of the Council even though in this respect the Irish presidency largely escapes this criticism - but in general the Union and in particular the Council have not always shown a clear willingness to defend human rights when the Union has been faced with a concrete situation.	concession
Even though the oligarchs control all but one of the main television stations, he remains popular.	concession
Even though the Japanese students apologized, they were expelled.	concession
Even though the Colombian government chemically eradicated 523,000 hectares of coca between 2000 and 2004, 114,000 hectares of coca remained under cultivation last year.	concession
We do not want to retaliate though by creating a self-defeating cycle of protectionism.	contrast
I hope that the people of the Union will see the treaty as yes, institutionally modest, needing change before enlargement, but largely dealing in a serious though undramatic way with their major concerns. 	contrast
I want to flag up though that we need a solution which finds a fair balance for creditors and employers and employees alike.	contrast
"No one can possibly know in advance exactly how big this ""bill"" might be, though that question -- important as that is -- misses the crucial point: a common bond would be the first step down a slippery slope to bail-outs, and thus to the end of the euro area as a zone of stability. "	contrast
"The problem with being the bridge, though, is that neither side--neither the ""West"" nor the ""Muslim world""--considers Turkey fully one of its own. "	contrast
"The problem with being the bridge, though, is that neither side--neither the ""West"" nor the ""Muslim world""--considers Turkey fully one of its own. "	contrast
The Hague Convention is a good piece of legislation, though it is not quite good enough. 	contrast
The test, though, is not whether, from time to time you get things wrong but whether or not you learn from your mistakes.	contrast
"This though is an area that has really only been touched on; it is one that deserves more attention. "	contrast
I would just remind people of what the Irish presidency has said in introduction: this is not something which the majority of governments could support to the extent that this report calls for at the present time, though I would say to the presidency that I hope very much indeed that even if it cannot agree to complete communitization of the third pillar, it would agree to greater openness in this in the way that these matters are dealt with within the third pillar and to a proper role for Parliament.	contrast
I understand, though, that you have a list from some groups that you are using as an orientation for your choice.	contrast
I want though to reject the criticisms of the Socialist Group made by Jim Nicholson yesterday and again today. 	contrast
I want, though, to bring this right back home.	contrast
I have a problem with NAFO though.	contrast
This will therefore revert us to a simple majority both to grant and to refuse discharge. The consequence though is that refusal to grant discharge from now on is simply a reprimand on the Commission, not a way of censuring the Commission. 	contrast
I have no reason to doubt the effectiveness of enforcement, though I would stress again that, while the Commission will be very vigilant, enforcement is first and foremost the responsibility of the Member States.	contrast
﻿Madam President, I would like to raise a few concerns I have about developing countries in relation to the MAI, particularly, as others have pointed out, that they have been excluded from the negotiations even though those negotiations have a very significant impact on them. 	concession
In recent years, lending by both institutions contracted dramatically, even though they have increasingly become the exclusive lenders to the world's poorest countries.	concession
Surprisingly, however, when telephone interviews were included in the process, beautiful people did better, even though they were unseen by the employers.	concession
At the current rate, NASA may not complete the task for another decade, even though such mapping is the key to an asteroid defense because it may give us years of warning.	concession
Next year will almost certainly see a massive rise in US corporate defaults, even though many firms entered the recession with relatively strong balance sheets.	concession
Silent giving will not change a culture that deems it sensible to spend all your money on yourself and your family, rather than to help those in greater need -- even though helping others is likely to bring more fulfillment in the long run.	concession
Their role is currently codified by a post-1945 law that gives them enormous influence, even though their membership has dwindled to a mere 8% of employees.	concession
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.	concession
Let me give a specific example, even though Mr Hager is not listening to me.	concession
I listened carefully to what you had to say, Commissioner Monti, and I know that on more than one occasion you have said no to carrying out such a study even though it had been previously agreed to. 	concession
After some procrastination and an initial failed attempt, Milosevic has been arrested, without bloodshed, though not without danger.	concession
Thus, conditions would appear to be consistent with a bubble, though less so than in the 1980's.	concession
All three were powerful prime ministers of their countries, though perhaps not the epitome of what might be regarded as feminine values.	concession
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.	concession
I would also like to pay tribute to Ireland's public service which, though relatively small in number, has managed to rise to the challenge of preparing and coping with the presidency and, in many instances, chairing many of the 2, 000 and more meetings that are part and parcel of the work of the presidency.	concession
I would also like to pay tribute to Ireland's public service which, though relatively small in number, has managed to rise to the challenge of preparing and coping with the presidency and, in many instances, chairing many of the 2, 000 and more meetings that are part and parcel of the work of the presidency.	concession
I also like the proposal - though perhaps it is not enough - that some of the catch should compulsorily be landed in Guinea for the food supply of the Guinean population.	concession
I hasten to add this is not a threat - though that may sound like a contradiction of something I have to say a little later on.	concession
Third, a number of us consider that the additional costs involved do not warrant extension of some of the measures to aquaculture, though I would add this is not my own view.	concession
I should like to say to the honourable Member that I was not quite aware of that statistic from the Forum for Small Business in Cheshire, though I was aware of the general trend in that important part of the European Union.	concession
As we have just seen from the previous debate, the Commission is already active in several fields involving children, though competence for action in the majority of relevant areas concerning children remains with the Member States.	concession
I have to tell him that no decision has yet been reached by the American Government though the matter is under consideration.	concession
As has been pointed out, we have also taken care of the interests of animals and, indeed, the interests of humans, though there seem to be some Members of this Parliament who think that animal rights are more important than human rights.	concession
That is just one way of looking at it though it is not the most important.	concession
Madam President, in many respects what Mr Martin has just said echoes my own thoughts on the matter, though, unlike him, I am happy to confess that I actually supported the proposal when we last voted on it two years ago and I do not intend to change my intention this time.	concession
