Translation of "Bedeutung tragen" in English

Plans must be meaningful and lead to action

Choose better icons that carry more meaning.

I like to make all kinds of things that can carry meaning.

So the message has to carry its own meaning independent of context.

Yes, they should carry the meaning in themselves!

Quality information is very important and contributes to improved healthcare conditions.

I wish to make two points, which seem to me fundamental. Firstly, we are also responsible, as a Parliament, as a European Commission, as an International Monetary Fund, as international organisations, both for underestimating the factors in the crisis and for having accepted, or directly sought, processes which could hardly fail to result in this situation.

Marine science, technology and research are crucially important for the sustainable development of maritime activities and help broaden the scope of maritime studies and improve the qualifications and skills associated with the maritime professions.

This was repeated in the Association Council and again in the General Affairs Council just last month and I believe action has been initiated not only by the presidency but also by the Commission, in particular by Commissioner Van den Broek, to try to persuade the two parties to show moderation. While expressing solidarity with Greece, ladies and gentlemen, we are also taking account of the importance of Turkey, and that has already been said to you on other occasions.

Although excessive concentration and specialization lead to an increase in productivity, which are important in the short-term, they also lead to more fragile surroundings and more vulnerable populations. Can we imagine the dramatic effects we would see if a single seed which had become the only standard in the world became diseased?

It is extremely important that you hold this debate at this critical moment to help keep the Western Balkans on the agenda of the European Union and of the international community, both of which have quite a number of other issues to tackle.

The European Union derives great strength in its relations with third countries from unified positions on many human rights issues of strategic importance.

In adopting this report, we are asking the Board to put in place the conditions to discover the truth about what happened, and with the key amendments tabled by the Group of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats we are contributing towards a balanced, accurate and fair report. After all, we do not want this thorough, dedicated work to be mistaken for some kind of political propaganda.

I would also like to thank Mr Sterckx for supporting our group's amendment, which is intended to take account of the specific situation of suburban transport, which is particularly relevant in terms of public service obligations.

In preparing and implementing the NAPs/incl, the European common objectives also insist on mobilising all relevant bodies: while national, regional and local authorities bear prime responsibility for combating social exclusion and poverty, a full range of public and private bodies is concerned, in particular social partners, NGOs and social service providers.

At the same time, by taking on many of the other very significant issues for employers and employees, the council's activities help to relieve tensions which emerge in social dialogue.

At the same time, by taking on many of the other very significant issues for employers and employees, the council's activities help to relieve tensions which emerge in social dialogue.

In this context, concession contracts represent important instruments in the long-term structural development of infrastructure and strategic services, contributing to the progress of competition within the internal market, making it possible to benefit from private sector expertise and helping to achieve efficiency and innovation.

The Commission undertakes that in accordance with the procedure foreseen in Article 4 of the Council Decision it will utilize the provisions of Article 14 of the Agreement to deal with any problems of implementation which arise, bearing in mind, in particular, the importance attached by the Council in its decision to the letters from the United States.

I will propose to Member States and European Parliament that we increase our annual aid to Pakistan fourfold, reflecting the great importance the EU attaches to Pakistan as a key player in South Asia”.

They are very important for the people of the Western Balkans and help to improve people-to-people contacts between the citizens of the EU and the region.

If we translate all of this into political action, I see two areas to which I personally attach the greatest political importance:

European Works Councils are vital to the development of transnational industrial relations and help to reconcile economic and social objectives within the Single Market.

Such decentralised processing plants are, however, not only of importance to local agriculture and also to local craft industries but also contribute indirectly towards stabilising economic circulation at regional level and stabilising small-scale farming production, thereby also helping to preserve nature and the environment.

Peace, reconciliation with Germany, an initial step constituting 'the first concrete foundations of a European federation', the opening up to the East, solidarity with Africa... all filling four pages which are still astonishingly relevant in 1990.