Translation of "Hierbei möchte ich" in English

Mr President, I shall stop there.

Let me mention two points in particular:

Mr Balfour. — Mr President, before the debate began I was given to understand that I would cede to others the time allowed to my group.

At this place I really have to praise you for your excellent service and consultation.

I should like to refer to the Republic of Cyprus, which is now under observation.

What is the price we must pay for allowing foreign firms to bid freely for Danish building projects and get the jobs at an 8 % interest rate, while the interest rate in Denmark is 16 % and wages are higher than those in West Germany ?

It was an idea of the former French President, Mr Giscard d'Estaing, so it was something which we all expressly wanted.

I would like to stress that we have written this, and indeed reiterated it, very forcefully.

And I would remind you, in similar vein, of the comparisons made between innovation and biological processes.

Thereby I would like to mention the masterly use of the acoustics through your strings’ wizard Dominik.

In particular, I would like to refer, here, to the statements which point out that the European Union is obliged to take action throughout the world to promote respect for freedom of expression, freedom of the press and freedom of access to audiovisual media.

I would like to remind you that it was the European Parliament that specifically succeeded in getting investment trends in both the public and private sectors included in the stability programmes.

I should stress here that there is a difference in implementation of the policy between the applicant countries and the New Independent States of the former Soviet Union.

Here, I would like to pay tribute to Ms Wallis, our President for today, Mr Casini, our rapporteur, and also to Mr Leinen and Ms Durant.

I would emphasise the excellent work done by the EIB in support of small and medium-sized enterprises in a period of economic difficulty and difficult access to loans.

In so doing I must point out a few home truths to this House, even though I know these will be unpopular with the institution, which prefers to live in its own world, totally detached from reality.

A strong economy can be created by closer cooperation between the Member States, and this is where I would like to congratulate the Commission on the implementation of a new economic strategy that aims to create over six million jobs.

I must therefore state that the Bulgarian authorities are making a great effort to continue in the right direction with the enlargement negotiations and the country's specific adaptations so that it can become a European Union Member State within a timeframe that is both convenient for Bulgaria and possible for the Union.

I should like to point out that we need coordination and we need collaboration between the Member States on education and vocational training, especially when it comes to the mobility of young people, exchanges of best practices and transparent professional qualifications.

I would emphasise the case of Portugal, with which, being Portuguese, I am most familiar.

I want to make it clear that as part of our decision last year, supported by this House, to increase our stake in the whole HIPC initiative - EUR 1bn, we decided to spend it globally, not just on the ACP countries.

I would especially mention, among other things, energy, trade and investments, justice and internal affairs, legislative rapprochement, the environment, transport and regional and cross-border cooperation.

I should first like to thank Mr Evans for his excellent report on such a difficult subject.

As regards the division of Wales into sub-regions, Mr President, I prefer to await the figures which I announced to you since the new statistics may show that the whole of Wales already meets our criteria, thus making any further sub-division super fluous.

This is the reason for the crisis in the common agricultural policy that we must discuss here. That is the problem we must tackle if we want an agricultural policy for the farming families to which, Mr Bocklet has just referred.

The Committee on Budgets has not yet had an opportunity to consider this draft supplementary budget, but, as rapporteur, I think I will be on safe ground if I make the following points.

Of course he may expect me to respond in like man ner, but I think it would be a great shame if this debate were to be brought down to that level, as no doubt Mr Newman would like.

From what I know about Scandinavia the ombudsman was a very big success, and it is for this very reason that I am against introducing an ombudsman at European level as an alternative to the Com mittee on Petitions.