Traduction de «Si alors autre » (Français → Anglais) :

Thirdly, nor is it possible to accept the applicant’s arguments that he should have been recruited at a higher grade because, first, the post he occupied as a seconded national expert was regarded as ‘sensitive’ in the light of his job description, due to the particular skills required, and his functions remained exactly the same when he was appointed as a temporary agent in grade AD 5; secondly, because in December 2012 his job description was the same as those of the two other members of the same team who were officials, one in grade AD 12 and the other in grade AD 13; and, thirdly, because he was engaged as a temporary agent and recruited at grade AD 5, whilst his predecessor ...[+++]had been an official in grade AD 13.

– (DE) Mr President, even as we today congratulate Mrs Alvarez, Mr Domenici and our other fellow members on their excellent reports, even as we congratulate Commissioner Kovács on his committed work and wish him all the best with his future work, and even as we express the hope that he will pass on to his successor the passion with which he has fought for a common tax policy, we must also then mention Member States, those Member States who continue to hesitate in taking action that is more than necessary in this crisis situation, action which will finally usher in better cooperation.

I am dissatisfied with the fact that the candidate countries must go through a transitional phase of ten years before they feel they are participating fully in the economic area, when it is also ourselves who are laying down transitional conditions and not allowing the principle of freedom of movement for the labour force to apply to the candidate countries on the same footing as it applies to other countries.

The report makes two mistakes. The first is to equate Islamic fundamentalism with the principles of the Christian tradition, which have been dismissed as obsolete and reactionary, whereas the Christian and Catholic tradition is an integral part of the heritage of values and common culture of the European peoples. The second is to see Islamic fundamentalism as a degenerate sect of Islam when it is actually the current, authentic interpretation of Islam which is taught in all Islamic universities.

This is, of course, something that any serious housekeeper must do, but we must also highlight the fact that we have other things to do; if they are to work, if, on the one hand, the poor are not to be victims, if we want to help others who endure persecution, then we have to give some thought to how we treat each other.

Every year we make it possible for hundreds of thousands of young people to work together, to interact with their peers and with other cultures, and to commit themselves to helping those in greatest need to improve their lot in society. This is indeed civilising work, not mere propaganda