Traduction de «Orientation peu favorable des cours » (Français → Anglais) :

4. Is strongly concerned by the sharp downfall in public and private investment in the productive economy and especially at the local and regional level; is of the opinion that decisive measures are needed to reform product and labour markets, adopt cautious wage policies and base the future growth model on innovation and shift production towards high value-added activities; takes the view that a sustainable economic policy depends on very favourable conditions for business start-ups; expresses its firm belief that the Structural a ...[+++]nd Investment Funds are essential in order to prevent and mitigate any shortfall in the aforementioned respects and to boost public investment; points to the opportunities which could be used in the Member States to support public investment from the Structural Funds by giving the financial procedures for these funds a degree of flexibility, e.g. by increasing the co-financing rates of the states which become involved in an adjustment programme and receive EU financial assistance or by prolonging the decommitment rule by one year for all Member States in the programming period 2007-2013 (as will be the case in the programming period 2014-2020);

21. Notes that the cooperation mechanisms introduced by Directive 2009/28/EC on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources have, to date, not yet been very much used, but that a number of cooperation schemes are being planned; points to the Commission’s findings indicating that better use of the existing scope for cooperation could bring considerable benefits, such as boosting trade; welcomes the Commission’s declared intention to draw up guidelines on cooperation within the EU, which set out how the cooperation mecha ...[+++]nisms should work in practice and outline the challenges involved and ways of tackling them; calls on the Commission to ensure that EU guidelines are implemented by the Member States; calls on the Commission to include and interpretation of Art. 13 of the RES directive (2009/28/EC) to ensure that Member States implement the directive correctly and prevent public authorities from using certification and licensing procedures in a manner that distorts competition; calls on the Member States to subsequently make better use of the cooperation mechanisms where appropriate and also increase communication between one another;

52. Takes note of Turkey's increasingly active foreign policy aimed at strengthening its role as regional player; urges the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy to take this dimension fully into consideration and engage with Turkey with a view to the coordination of objectives and the proper promotion of EU interests; calls on the Turkish Government to step up its foreign policy coordination with the EU; welcomes, in principle, the recently pronounced ‘zero-problems’ policy in respect of Turkey's neighbours but points out the need to maintain Turkey's unambiguous c ...[+++]ommitment to our common European values and interests; calls on the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy to intensify the existing dialogue with Turkey on foreign policy issues of mutual interest; in light of the inspiration Turkey provides to many in the Arab world, as a secular democracy with a majority Muslim population, strongly encourages the pursuit of concerted efforts in support of democratisation and development in the Middle East and Northern Africa;

As well, the member would know that with respect to the case where the officer was alone and certain things transpired which were not very favourable, it is under review and investigation.

There are probably not too many university political science classes looking at these issues that do not think somewhat positively about a proportional representation system.

The Committee formed the impression during interviews with European policy-makers that there is little support among the Member States for a move toward supranational decision-making in this area.