The very idea of political community totally has changed.

This is 38 of the working population and the proportion is growing.

Topical political questions in the EC and at international level

The question was, which political community would support the euro?

The European Community has no consumer policy.

It is a concept which is relatively unknown in the EC, so much so that the term 'support assistance' bistandhjælp), which appeared in my first draft for the report, was translated as 'family benefits', which is something quite different.

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They represent a total expenditure of just under ECU 3 000 million.

But that is of course the political way of things in the Community.

It could be maintained that agricultural policy is still the Community's leading policy.

We ask for the full involvement of the Community in security and foreign policy.

That is why we want a political dimension to the European Community.

Nevertheless, recognition of the policy guidance that the Committee on Social Affairs provided

That declarations remains the basis of the Community's policy on human rights.

Joint motion for a resolution ' on topical political issues in the Community and at international level

Without prejudice to this primary objective , monetary policy shall support the general economic policies of the Community .

LULLING (PPE), in writing. (FR) The exercise we are currently engaged in to vote a report and try, through our amendments, to help establish a transitional system of taxation preparatory to establishment of the single market is basically a waste of time, since the Council of Ministers reached agreement among them selves before the start of our sitting on Monday and our debate on this system.

If the current rate of 0.31 were maintained, the result would be a surplus of ECU 14 million which would be put straight into the reserves.

Is your European dream going to give us an oligarchy of the bench, government by judges? I hold fire on the rest Community income tax, corporation tax and so on.

VITALONE sovereignty of any state may be stifled or seized with impunity.

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Have a cate, the Community's finances are not keeping pace with its political progress.

These are differing views which will soon be the subject of political struggle.

Their vote this morning has really shown where their beliefs lie.

PRESIDENT. I cannot physically drag the Council here, Mr Pannella. It does not wish to take part in the debate.

The Governing Council shall formulate the monetary policy of the Community including , as appropriate , decisions relating to

We have also seen evidence of the limits to which the Community's policy and institutions are subject.

To comply with Article 109 of the Treaty , national legislation had to be adjusted to ensure its compatibility by the date of establishment of the ESCB ( as regards Sweden ) and by 1 May 2004 ( as regards the Member States which joined the EU on that date ) .

It is therefore necessary to weigh one's words, Mr Colombo, but you have not done so consistently.

But we reject the concept that somehow you can both liberalize and strengthen the GATT rules at the same time.

Any increase in expenditure can be met by drawing on financial resources available outside the budget, notably the reserves.

The unification of Germany affects all of the areas of policy and competence of the European Community, whether it is agriculture, state aids, competition policy or external relations.

At bilateral level, the Community s trade policy can contribute to development by facilitating access to its market.

So it is high time for the European Community to start getting its regional planning policy off the ground on the basis of a political vision of the use of the environment, starting with the regions where the European Community should actually be at its strongest, namely the frontier regions.

The European Community is a unique political entity without precedent.

They included the explicit waiving of a clause providing for the payment of a financial penalty, should British Aerospace sell off core activities of Rover Group in the first five years after its acquisition.

between President Bush and President Gorbachev, as pointed out by President Andreotti.

Such measures shall be complementary to those carried out by the Member States and consistent with the development policy of the Community .

But the Eutopean Community's position in this Joint Committee is fixed.

Proposal from the Committee on External Economic Relations concerning the application of Rule 37 to the Community's anti dumping policy adopted

As far as modes as railways and road transport are concerned the appraisal undertaken will take into account the relationship between these modes in the more general weighing up of Community interest in the context of general transport policy.

That is the logic of the system as we have conceived it, that is, in the service of the whole of the Community's audiovisual policy.

As a Socialist I am deeply concerned that socialist or other progressive governments should not be forced into carrying out deflationary policies without any control over the situation.

This programme will be applied in certain areas bordering both on othet Member States and on third countries, and principally in the Mediterranean Basin and Ireland.

The basic tasks to be carried out through the ESCB shall be to define and implement the monetary policy of the Community