Traduction de «retourneur à malt vert » (Français → Anglais) :

Only the Maltese 'Democratic Alternative’ party – the Greens – is defending Community law in Malta.

Bart Staes (Verts/ALE ), in writing (NL) The tabling of this resolution to the plenary meeting of this House could have easily been avoided had Malta simply cancelled the spring hunt and, in doing so, conformed to the provisions of the Birds Directive, but it persists in ignoring the countless parliamentary initiatives and the legal steps taken by the Commission, and looks set once again to permit its hunters to shoot a huge number of protected migratory birds.

Bart Staes (Verts/ALE), in writing (NL) The tabling of this resolution to the plenary meeting of this House could have easily been avoided had Malta simply cancelled the spring hunt and, in doing so, conformed to the provisions of the Birds Directive, but it persists in ignoring the countless parliamentary initiatives and the legal steps taken by the Commission, and looks set once again to permit its hunters to shoot a huge number of protected migratory birds.

Lampedusa, Malta, the Canary Islands the Cape Verde Islands, all are suffering under the weight of illegal immigration.

OTHER COMMISSION INFORMATION Commissioner CRESSON reported orally on the following topics: - the progress - which she regarded as highly satisfactory - of the European Year of Lifelong Learning (1996); - the progress of cooperation with third countries (at present the associated countries of Central and Eastern Europe, Cyprus, Malta and Mediterranean countries) under the Community education programmes which are open to them (SOCRATES, LEONARDO and Youth for Europe III); - the progress of work on drawing up the Green Paper on Obstacl ...[+++]es to Mobility in the education sector, which the Commission is planning to publish in the next six months.

Mr Monti will identify six areas where he has taken initiatives during the course of this year: 1) Completing the legislative framework for the Single Market (e.g. the proposals for elimination of border checks on people in a framework of security) 2) Enforcing Single Market rules more effectively to ensure a level playing field (e.g. more rapid and transparent Commission infringement procedures; EU Court sanctions against Member States for violations of EU legislation 3) Developing the Single Market to take account of technological change and new dimensions in economic activity (e.g. Green Papers on different aspects of the information society) 4) Preparing for enlargement of the Single Market to the ...[+++]East (CEECs) and the South (Cyprus and Malta), in particular through technical assistance and guidance (e.g. White Paper on preparation of the CEECs for integration into the Internal Market of the Union) 5) Defending vigorously the Single Market from the threats caused by monetary disturbances, by resisting demands for new barriers to trade or compensatory measures, whereas the appropriate response consists of increased budgetary discipline and convergence to the single currency (e.g. the recent report of the impact of currency fluctuations on the Single Market) 6) Ensuring the Single Market is made relevant to the citizen (Mr Monti will outline the Citizens First initiative on explaining people's rights derived from the Single Market and the practical benefits these rights bring to the individual).