Traduction de «politica sportiva dell'unione europea » (Italien → Anglais) :

EUROPA - EU law and publications - EUR-Lex - EUR-Lex - 52001DC0260 - EN - Communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament and the Economic and Social Committee Tax policy in the European Union - Priorities for the years ahead

Considers that EU regional policy has a key role to play in promoting renewable energy production and energy-efficiency on a Europe-wide scale, as well as in the field of electricity services and energy transport services; welcomes the fact that the cohesion and regional policy input intended to encourage renewable energy use has continued to expand step by step with the aim of ensuring that RES fully contribute to the EU energy policy goals and that the EU energy objectives are implemented EU-wide; considers it particularly important for the dir ...[+++]ection of European policy to be such as to enable the funding rate to be sufficient in the coming period 2014-2020;

The Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions of 20 September 2011‘Towards an EU Criminal Policy — Ensuring the effective implementation of EU policies through criminal law’ (1) stresses the importance of developing a coherent and consistent EU criminal policy which should be supported through discussions in an expert group.

Expects that the identification of the Guidelines on Human Rights Defenders as a priority element of the European Union's human rights foreign policy will be matched by the effective implementation of those Guidelines in local strategies concerning 120 countries; points out that the lack of European Union demarches on behalf of human rights defenders in certain countries, such as in China, Tunisia, Ethiopia, Iran and Russia, appears to reflect a lack of consensus among EU Member States, with ...[+++]individual Member States prioritising different foreign policy interests and thus making collective action impossible;

Recognises attempts by the Council and the Commission to organise a second round of the European Union-Uzbekistan dialogue on human rights in May 2008 and commends the Commission on its efforts to organise a civil society seminar on media expression in the margins of the dialogue, possibly in Tashkent; points out once again that the holding of a dialogue on human rights and experts' meetings on the 2005 Andijan massacre do not in themselves constitute progress and cannot be used as a reason for the lifting of sanctions; notes that the absence of an independent international inquiry into the Andijan massacre and the ...[+++] lack of any improvement in the human rights situation in Uzbekistan — these being the conditions laid down by the European Union for the lifting of sanctions — have logically led to the sanctions against Uzbekistan being extended; welcomes the fact that the conclusions of the General Affairs and External Relations Council of 15-16 October 2007 have introduced specific conditions which have to be met within a period of six months in order for the visa restriction suspension to be maintained; invites the Council and the Commission to carry out a serious assessment of the impact of the decision to suspend for six months some of the visa restrictions that form part of the European Union sanctions against Uzbekistan, and to review the overall human rights situation in the country; deplores the fact that Uzbekistan has so far failed to deliver any progress in any of these respects; pays tribute to the work done by its Subcommittee on Human Rights in closely monitoring the human rights situation every six months so as to provide the Council with regular parliamentary assessments and recommendations as regards the EU policy to be adopted in this matter; is appalled by the presidential election held on 23 December 2007 in Uzbekistan, which according to the ODIHR was ‘held in a strictly controlled political environment, leaving no room for real opposition, a ...

Considers that a quantitative and qualitative improvement of the Council's human rights secretariat would enable the European Union to raise its profile and consolidate its role in promoting and ensuring respect for human rights in its external policy; expects the appointment of a High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, who will also be a Vice-President of the Commission, to enhance consid ...[+++]erably the coherence and effectiveness of the EU in this area;