Traduction de «Cercle à fond de denture » (Français → Anglais) :

17. Welcomes the Commission proposal on TEN-T priority projects; notes however that the resources allocated for 30 transport priority projects as well as for the Marco Polo programme constitute a minimum amount which must be regarded as subject to upward revision; underlines the strategic importance of transport networks for final consolidation of the EU single market and for closer EU relations with candidate, pre-candidate and 'ring of friends' countries; notes that the interconnection of transport networks can underpin the development of trade and investment, thereby promoting sustainability and stability as well as social, economic and geographical cohesion; calls for adequate fund ...[+++]ing for the development of transport interconnections and common infrastructure shared by the countries; insists that this funding should be conditional on guarantees by the Member States of adequate counterpart funding and adequate access to the network for the regions concerned, and is willing to examine innovative financing instruments such as loan guarantees, European concessions, European loans and an interest relief fund, to cover public and private-sector investment only in research, innovation, space and major physical and non-physical networks, or EIB facilities;

Acknowledging that growth prospects have dimmed somewhat in recent months, he underlined the sound fundamentals and the occurrence of a virtuous circle based on endogenous growth dynamics.

I am pleased that we have contrived to approve a significant financial contribution by the Union to the creation of a Global Fund as suggested by the United Nations’ Secretary-General. The aim is to fight against the three most common contagious diseases in the world. They affect the least developed countries who find themselves trapped in a vicious circle of poverty and disease.

As this figure of 42.7% is higher than the range from 35% to 40% set out in Agenda 2000 for the share of eligible population under the future Objectives 1 and 2, the two systems of state and EU Structural Funds aid should thus be very much like two concentric circles for the Union as a whole.

I think my question or my point to you would be don't you think we should get off this merry-go-round and stop talking about a simple calculation of a notional account and whether or not I can get any money out of it and start talking about a reasonable determination of the value of the funds put in the EI account, what benefit they generate, and whether or not an amendment to the legislation defining the true cost or the true charges to the notional account should be made, so that in fact all costs directly or indirectly associated with protecting employees and providing employment opportunities in the ...[+++]future would be reflected in that legislation?

Under this programme, Structural Fund resources of approximately ECU 22.47 million will go to the districts of Aurich, Emsland and Leer on the border between Germany and the Netherlands and to the City of Emden, as well as to the regions of Oost Groningen and Zuidoost Drenthe.