Traduction de «Exposé conjoint des points litigieux » (Français → Anglais) :

c. organise a public hearing jointly with the European Parliament through its committee responsible, at which the Commission shall be represented at Commissioner or Director-General level and at which the organisers shall have the opportunity to explain in detail the matters raised by the initiative;

Mr. Mike Niebudek: One thing in our joint presentation document—it’s in the second bullet point—is in regard to the third red book that the Liberals put forth. It stated that the government was putting in place $420 million over four years to help to reduce demand.

As applied to social inclusion and pensions, it has involved: agreeing common objectives which set out high-level, shared goals; preparation of National Action Plans (NAPs) for Inclusion and National Strategy Reports (NSRs) for pensions, in which Member States set out their policy plans for an agreed time period to meet the common objectives; evaluation of these plans/strategies in Joint Commission/Council Reports; and joint work on indicators to allow mutual understanding and evaluation and, where appropriate, target setting.

As to the second concern relating to the context of the explanatory memorandum attached to the proposal, it simply repeats the recitals of the proposal, avoiding any reference to the phase of negotiations, or to the views of the Maltese government, or to the contentious issues, if any.

From a global perspective and as stated in the press conference following the Summit, a number of conclusions may be drawn from this event. I should like to mention the main ones as I feel they encapsulate the current state of our relationship with the United States. In the first place, there is a clear recognition of the density and significance of the relationship between the European Union and the United States in economic terms. After all, together we account for almost half of the world’s economy, 40% to be precise. Only 5% of this is giving rise to dispute, as I stated earlier. This represents the greatest bilateral relationship in ...[+++] the contemporary world in terms of trade and investment. There is also recognition of the importance of this relationship in political terms with the renewed joint impetus in the fight against terrorism.

As applied to social inclusion and pensions, it has involved: agreeing common objectives which set out high-level, shared goals; preparation of National Action Plans (NAPs) for Inclusion and National Strategy Reports (NSRs) for pensions, in which Member States set out their policy plans for an agreed time period to meet the common objectives; evaluation of these plans/strategies in Joint Commission/Council Reports; and joint work on indicators to allow mutual understanding and evaluation and, where appropriate, target setting.