Traduction de «Danger menaçant les conditions d'existence » (Français → Anglais) :

1. Is concerned at the unacceptable level of youth unemployment and, in particular, the considerable asymmetries in youth unemployment from one region to another and between the Member States, with variations from less than 10% to over 60%; is also concerned at the number of young people not in education, training or employment (14 million NEETS between the ages of 15 and 30), in addition to the precarious employment affecting a further large group of young people who do have a job; takes the view that these situations combined undermine the existence of the European project, endangering the econo ...[+++]mic development and viability of a Europe united in its quality of life and working conditions, and its future economic growth potential, as well as the EU’s economic, social and territorial cohesion, as defined under Article 174 TFEU; takes the view also that this calls for effective measures at EU, national, regional and local level, including with regard to cities and rural areas, especially in view of the difficulties and challenges currently facing the EU and the fact that it more than ever needs a strong and innovative youth;

Extreme weather events and the unpredictability of sea ice conditions are leading to more hazardous conditions that put people at risk on both land and sea.

Question No. 106 Ms. Dawn Black: With regard to the Canadian presence in Afghanistan: (a) what is the goal of the Canadian presence in Afghanistan; (b) what is the strategy employed by the government; (c) what are the tactics that are being used; (d) who is the enemy; (e) what is the operational centre of gravity of the enemy; (f) does the government have a political strategy to attain its goal; (g) is terrorism the greatest security threat that Canada faces; (h) does the government consider that Canada is at war; (i) what is the condition that the government would consider to be “civil war”; (j) what does the government deem to ...[+++] be the nature of counter-insurgency warfare and does this condition exist in Afghanistan; (k) what Canadian Forces (CF) manuals deal with counter-insurgency; (l) what are the current rules of engagement for the CF in Afghanistan; (m) what has been the change in rules of engagement since Canada left Operation Enduring Freedom; (n) is the government aware of the presence of foreign fighters in Afghanistan who help the Taliban; (o) if there are foreign fighters where do they come from on the whole; (p) what is the opinion of the government regarding the security of the Afghan border with Pakistan; (q) what is the opinion of the government regarding Pakistani cooperation in achieving the objectives of the mission; (r) does the government have an opinion as to when the goals of the Canadian presence will be achieved; (s) when was the decision to deploy a combat mission to Kandahar made by the government; (t) how well are CF capabilities matched to the conditions in the southern region of Afghanistan and to counter insurgency; (u) what is the size and configuration of task forces available for use in Afghanistan through to February 2009; (v) what has been the effect of increased training throughout the forces on the capability of these task forces; (w) how has the training of new recruits been effected by the extension of the ...

In the last century, conflict tended to be between states; I do not argue that sort conflict is over and done with. But in today’s world we face a new type of danger – the failed state, the state that is a danger to its own people and a menace to the rest of the world.

On January 20 last year, U.S. Secretary of Defence Cohen concurred that a threat exists, that it is growing and that it is expected soon to pose a threat not only to American troops overseas, but also to the U.S. itself.

The threat of withholding Structural Funds in the event of non-implementation is an attempt by the Commission to put pressure on the Member States and is undoubtedly the wrong approach since stopping the payment of Structural Funds due to non-implementation also carries the risk that on-going projects may be jeopardised, thereby stopping or jeopardising the economic development of a region in general. Without any doubt, this cannot be in the interests of the Commission.