Translation of "Was das thema betrifft" in English

There is only one thing I would wish to add to the great deal that Mr Elles had to say on the subject of Iraq.

Was this the fault of one particular government?...It is really not so important to identify the guilty party.

I find it shameful how Parliament is being treated!

Regarding the issue of restructuring, various options are, as you know, under analysis.

Questions about liability, ethical questions and last but not least about data protection.

Nicole complements the duo with her creative ideas and everything about organization.

As far as winning goes: Gary Paffett and Mattias Ekström were simply faster.

As regards the first issue concerning a possible project between Hungary and Slovakia, if such a project is submitted to the European Commission, we will certainly give it our utmost attention.

As regards the question of visas raised by Mrs Ludford, both the Council and the Commission are doing everything they can to ensure that visa-free travel will apply to all EU Member States.

We must also ensure that, when it comes to energy, no Member State is isolated from the rest of Europe.

Again, as regards child abduction, all of us who have constituencies - as in the UK - are likely to have to face the anguish of one or other parent trying to retrieve their child from another country, sometimes against near impossible odds.

On the issue of resettlement, I fully agree with Mr Busuttil, who said that he was surprised that this did not exist before.

Regarding the subject of growth which you dealt with in your introductory presentation, our commitments to the people who elected us are those of sustainable and less inegalitarian growth, going in the opposite direction to the structural tendencies which we observe today.

Frankly, in relation to the specific topic I believe the Commissioner has at least indicated in principle the direction of his response.

As regards the subject itself: happily unemployment is slightly down for the first time, but that does not mean of course that this will continue to be the case in future.

On the first point, I believe that we must try to answer some basic questions which, albeit with some differences here and there, apply to all the institutions and Member States.

Secondly, with regard to the issue of road infrastructure, the Commission intends to propose a directive on the guidelines to be adopted by the Member States in order to establish national systems for the identification and management of blackspots, safety audits and minimum rules on information for drivers for application within the trans-European road network.

With regard to the first issue I mentioned, the European Council, in line with the conclusions of the Tampere Council and of following Councils, is going to urge the Council to approve, within the deadlines laid down in the Treaty of Amsterdam, the necessary legislative instruments to adopt a common asylum and immigration policy.

As far as women are concerned, to whom you alluded extensively, despite the increase in the number of working women, who now account for about 41%-42% of the total workforce, and the gradual increase in the number of women in purely male-dominated sectors, unemployment is far higher among women than it is among men.

On the issue of expenses, important progress has been made by Parliament in reforming our rules and regulations to ensure greater transparency and accountability.

While I am on the subject of the elections, the European Union and the OSCE must play a central role in observing them, thereby giving the people of Kyrgyzstan the subsequent certainty that the elections were fair and that the government in power is legitimate and capable of contributing to that country’s development.

Moving on to the subject of the Constitutional Treaty, we have succeeded in breaking the silence that reigned at first.

In terms of the issues about fundamental rights, we are deeply concerned that one of the issues which does not seem to have been resolved in the Council is the question of procedural safeguards.

As far as the matter of 'home-grown players' is concerned, a short time ago the European Commission was handed the results of an independent expert report analysing UEFA's rules.

As regards this particular issue, I should also like to point out that various recent European Councils, (Lisbon, Corfu and Essen) have noted that the Mediterranean zone is a priority region for the EU and have adopted the aim of establishing a genuine and effective Euro-Mediterranean partnership.

Returning to the issue itself, let me emphasise that the rules currently in force were laid down twenty years ago.

I should also like to thank Mr Pirker and Parliament's delegation, particularly with regard to North Korea.

On weapons of mass destruction: surely our quarrel is not precisely about having weapons of mass destruction - quite a number of countries sadly have such weapons - it is what you do with them that counts.