Translation of "Eine initiative starten" in English

To this end, we intend to launch a new and ambitious initiative at the Spring Summit.

So, shortly, I'm going to be launching a new initiative called Eco-Heroes.

In Europe, citizens can submit an initiative as well.

One caused the British government to begin a diplomatic initiative.

The United Nations could set up a major diplomatic initiative in order to isolate North Korea completely.

I hope that these attempts will be rewarded tomorrow and that the Commission will lend its support in order to launch an initiative.

So, shortly, I'm going to be launching a new initiative called Eco-Heroes.

The Commission says it wants to launch a political initiative, so let us take it at its word.

An initiative is urgently needed to resolve the conflict in Afghanistan peacefully and ensure that human rights are restored.

We, too, in our capacity as European Commission, European Parliament, and governments of the Member States, must launch a new initiative in this respect, so that political discussions on the value of the euro do not cause the citizens to suddenly start thinking that, although they may inhabit a monetary union, this has lent no added value to Europe. Rather, they must be made aware of the fact that they are living in an age of new monetary reform.

I am therefore going to ask you quite explicitly whether you are prepared to launch an initiative of that nature and to pass on the information possessed by each of the Member States separately, provided to them by General Motors, to the European Works Council.

Yes, there will be populist and thorny issues, but that is why it will be so important to have the registration process for an initiative before any signatures are collected.

And I want to convey to you the fact that many of the speeches made there, especially the one by the President of this Parliament, stressed that this century must not end without a great initiative being launched to allow us to create an institutional framework in keeping with the great progress we have seen in Europe over the last few years.

Secondly, and this is something which particularly concerns me, it is essential that we launch an initiative for people who have been harmed by solvents.

I hope that in the Committee on Budgetary Control, under the chairmanship of Herbert Bösch, we can take some sort of initiative to point out that it is scandalous - if the press has not already said so - that nobody from the Council is present, to show its face, so that it can respond if necessary to our comments.

Various people now appear to have lost all sight of this. For this reason it seems important to me that you should re-launch such an initiative with the backing of Parliament.

If you were to launch such an initiative, there are a number of us who would support it.

I think that the European Union must promote a widespread initiative to support an awareness campaign for European citizens in our countries, so that they do not go on holiday to the Maldives until light has been shed on the tragic human rights situation and on the systematic violation of democracy in that land.

This has allowed the Commission to launch an initiative to design, develop and test European approaches to joint civil protection intervention.

My second idea was for our President to take the initiative, along with ourselves, in organising meetings in Parliament of groups of citizens from various European countries to discuss common objectives that we could support.

Then we had Amsterdam, which made it possible to get an initiative going, but, as the Council at that time was unable to come to an agreement, Parliament's report was left high and dry in the Council.

My final point is this: I am keen to see operators reaching agreement soon on the introduction of a European stamp for 50 g letters and I intend to take a policy initiative to that end at an early date.

However, inspired by the success of the “Blog About Jordan Day” initiative, i would like to start a formal initiative to encourage everybody to dedicate one post on Thursday, May 15th, to talk about Palestine or the Palestinian Experience.

The Commission will launch in 2011 an initiative to pool a range of European funds to promote evidence-based social innovation, possibly initially concentrating on social assistance schemes.

On the other hand a low threshold would render the initiative more accessible, but less representative.

In relation to the next generation Internet, the Commission will launch an initiative aimed at mobilising telecommunications operators and equipment manufacturers to work together with service providers and users to ensure the rapid deployment and use of IPv6.

The Commission will ambitiously pursue this objective and launch a major new initiative before the Spring Council, which includes:

Tomorrow, the European Union will launch a bold initiative to improve the protection of geographical indications, which are often associated with high-quality and cultural heritage products the world over.

Through the upcoming European Defence Action Plan, the Commission will also launch a GovSatCom initiative to ensure reliable, secured and cost-effective satellite communication services for EU and national public authorities.