Traduction de «lancer à l'extérieur du balai » (Français → Anglais) :

9. Welcomes the fact that the Commission recognises the need to ensure coherence with other policies that have an impact on international protection; calls therefore on the Commission to support and introduce initiatives to review and adapt all border management policies and practices such as the European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union (FRONTEX) and the European Border Surveillance System (EUROSUR) to guarantee refugees' access to protection in the EU and full respect for the principle of non-refoulement at the EU's external borders. In addition, stresses that the duty to render assistanc ...[+++]e as enshrined in the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) is legally binding upon Member States, the EU and FRONTEX.

Like I was saying, Mr. Speaker, if he wants to perpetuate a smear, he should do it outside the House where people have access to the justice system.

The Commission also intends to launch a wide process of reflection and debate on the external aspects of EU competitiveness through a further Communication dealing inter alia with trade issues related to Intellectual Property Rights, regulatory issues, investment and government procurement, particularly the possibility of an “External Procurement Instrument” to create incentives for third countries to negotiate the opening of their public procurement markets on a reciprocal basis.

These include the Canadian International Trade Tribunal Act, to create the special procedures for initiating and conducting China-specific safeguard inquiries; the customs tariffs, to allow for the imposition of surtaxes pursuant to a China-specific safeguard action; the Export and Import Permits Act, to allow the addition of goods to the import control list for purposes of enforcing a China-specific safeguard action; and the Special Import Measures Act, to deal with the special price comparability rules that I mentioned earlier.

While I appreciate that my comments are to be directed to the matter at hand and not debate, the seriousness of the issue at hand demands a full discussion as the health of our parliamentary institution is at stake. Let us examine what was said outside the House and how it was said.

I do not know the exact order of all these things, but I am concerned that getting into this kind of debate about members' personal financial affairs, when there is an avenue for doing this outside the House and that is by an independent person who makes these adjudications, is only going to get us into severe difficulty.