Traduction de «rendering the tone values » (Anglais → Français) :

1. Welcomes the Commission Communication entitled "Tackling the challenges in Commodity markets and on raw materials" (COM(2011)0025) and in particular its broad focus on raw and recovered raw materials from mineral resources and biotic resources, its emphasis on resource efficiency and recycling, and its recognition of the importance of urban mining as a valuable source for retrieving, i.e. re-use, upcycling and recycling raw materials, and its determination to look at all three pillars of this broad challenge, namely assuring a fair and sustainable supply of raw materials from international markets, fostering sustainable supply within the EU and promoting resource efficiency and recycling; notes that recycling often results in downgr ...[+++]ading the value of the material, and that more focus should be given to the upcycling of materials which would render a higher value to the retrieved material; points out the potential of re-use as a separate category, to extend the life of products and urges the Commission to develop re-use notably through its ecodesign and waste policies; regrets, however, the lack of proposals for concrete measures by the Commission and cautions that, without such measures, the stated goals are not likely to be reached;

W. whereas any Member State of the European Union is absolutely free to review its constitution and whereas the very meaning of democratic alternation is that it enables a new government to enact legislation reflecting the will of the people, its values and its political commitments, provided that, in so doing, it does not breach the values and principles of democracy and the rule of law prevailing in the European Union; whereas in all Member States special constitutional procedures render constitutional amendment more ...[+++] difficult compared with procedures governing ordinary legislation, namely through the use of a qualified majority, additional decisional processes, time delays and referenda;

Furthermore, the tone used by the committee varies: on the one hand, it speaks guardedly about some facts, such as in paragraph 12, for example: ‘all the work of the temporary committee so far seems to indicate that European airspace and airports have been used by CIA front companies’. On the other hand, it is categorical in making value judgments such as the one in the above-quoted paragraph 6, where it speaks of violations of fundamental human rights on several occasions, although the evidence gathered does not authorise it to make ...[+++]such statements.

At the same time, however, this constitutional treaty should be elaborated in such a way that it renders the common values of the European Union comprehensible, incorporates the fundamental rights of the European citizens laid down in the Charter of Fundamental Rights, and improves the composition, role, and modus operandi of the European Union’s bodies, looking beyond the Nice Summit, thereby improving their efficiency.

Children and youth were active everywhere in the halls and corridors of the UN, a critical mass among the adults, affecting the tone of every proceeding, rendering the discourse authentic.

The people who hold these views met us in Washington, in this state of mind and not without a degree of annoyance. They asked us why we had come to try to cause trouble for them, when the money, armies and secret services of both the United States and Europe are defending the same values. These are values that mean, for example, that on entry visas to the United States, the question ‘Are you involved in Communist activities?’ has been replaced by ‘Are you involved in terrorist activities?’ It is now clear why no state or company has e ...[+++]ver complained about the workings of Echelon – it is obviously to acknowledge the debt for services rendered.