Translation of "Ich möchte es nicht versäumen" in English

I would not like to finish without congratulating the rapporteur once again.

I cannot, although time is unfortunately a tyrant, omit to thank Mr Weber.

They could as well be made in the Untied Kingdom, France, Spain, or anywhere in the Com munity.

What I do not wish to do is to fail to vote on them now and have to activate the whole conciliation procedure on such a minor point.

Mr President, I congratulate and thank our rapporteur, Mrs Susan Waddington, on an excellent report characterized - as Susan's work is always characterized - by completeness, perspicacity, and political and social sensitivity.

I think that the amendments are positive and constructive and, of course, I wish to thank the Commission for proposing this type of regulation, which will doubtless be favourable for the outlying areas of the Community.

Finally, I must not forget to thank the interpreters, who have worked for much longer than was originally planned.

But I would fail in my duty if I were not to thank the many other Members of the European Parliament, some of whom are no longer here because of the irreversible ageing process from which none of us can escape.

Since this is the last time I can speak in this Chamber before my return to the national Austrian Parliament, let me take this opportunity to thank all those with whom I enjoyed good cooperation and cordial meetings in the committees.

As a member of the Spanish Socialist delegation Carmen was part of, I would like to speak for the whole delegation and say how very much we regret her departure. We shall miss her strong campaigning in favour of the environment and in favour of European integration.

Mr President, I really must take this opportunity to express my thanks for the tributes and compliments I have received.

Mr President, it may be appropriate in my few minutes to pay tribute to the rapporteur and with her to the Commissioner who is also with us in this last but one consumer debate of this Parliament, and, indeed, to the processes of co-decision, which we have implemented and which have perhaps meant more in this field than almost any other.

In addition, I should not neglect to point out the great powers of negotiation that this proposal required, particularly on the part of the rapporteur, Mr Rangel.

I really must thank the rapporteur both for her report and for taking this line.

Mr President, I would not like to miss this opportunity to join the other Members, with knowledge of the subject, in complimenting Mr Alain Lamassoure on the quality of his report.

As a Member from South Baden, I must point out, however, that the customs code could cause considerable problems at the EU's external borders with countries which are not EU Member States, unless precautionary measures are taken in time.

I would just like to thank the rapporteur for his constructive contribution and for his willingness to take on board the recommendations from other Committees.

Before suspending our sitting until 9 p.m., I must express, on behalf of the Presidency, our enormous appreciation and respect for the work undertaken here during the Swedish Presidency by the President-in-Office of the Council, Lars Danielsson, and for the pleasant, straightforward, active and objective way in which he managed to interpret the ups and downs of this Question Time and others in his dialogue with the European Parliament.

Nor shall I omit to alert the Commission to the fact that the arrangements made specifically impair the European grain market by making it possible to import cheap grain from Russia and that they simply contribute to making plant production less profitable financially.

In this respect, I believe it is essential to congratulate, in particular, Commissioner Barnier, who succeeded in drafting a proposal for a regulation of very high quality in a record time.

Will he ask the Energy Council to look into this and try to get some better coordination between Member States in order to reduce this sort of government-to-government trading?

On this subject, I should not fail to mention to my parliamentary colleagues that it is our duty to defend at all costs the budgetary increases which will soon be necessary for controlled nuclear fusion if we want to see the accomplishment of the technological and therefore political and economic development of our Community.

I cannot omit to thank Mr Deprez, the current chairman of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, the former chairman, Mr Cavada, and all the Members with whom we have spent much time involved in working on this phenomenon.

Therefore, any such negotiation must be adjusted to the individual circumstances of each country, and to the proposals that each one of them may make according to its capacities.

Our first conclusion, Mr President, is that the responsibility accepted by the international community to assure peace and security, although not totally implemented because of the Khmer Rouge's refusal, must continue afterwards.

With regard to Turkey, Mr President, our Group has taken a positive attitude as regards the customs union, but I add clearly that we too want to see democracy in Turkey, that we too want a political solution for Cyprus and that those are for us conditions for our agreement to this customs union.

As there seems, in principle, to be no difference of opinion between Par liament, the Council and the Commission, I am not going to enlarge on any of these matters.