No one can therefore accuse the British of having warlike inten

President. Question (H 765 82)

IN THE CHAIR MR JAQUET

(Laughter and applause)

The rest of us will also try and be flexible.

Mr Deniau (DEP). (FR) I have the impression that I am in the same situation as that in which our Dutch colleague, Mr Vredeling, found himself during the 1970s when he put questions on inter German trade to the Commission.

In this connection, I should like to make it clear to Mr Galland that we are not prepared to allow

Before the vote on the draft decision

Are there any objections to this oral amendment?

Mr Thorn (Commission) Mr Barbi Mr Dalsager (Commission) Mr de la Malène Mr Maher Mr von der Vring Mr Curry Mr Barbi Mr de la Malène Mr Prout Mr Pranchère Mr Vitale Mr Gautier Mr Eyraud Mr Marck Mr Goerens Mr Woltjer Mr Vitale Mr Battersby Mr Stella Mr Louwes Mr Gautier

Mr Seitlinger, rapporteur. (FR) Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, it is my honour to submit to you on behalf of the Politicai, Affairs Committee a report which considers the question of a uniform electoral procedure.

The Commission's right to decide on the granting of loans is a unilateral decision.

What we are saying here and I am sure this applies to all of us is therefore very pointedly aimed at die Member States.

He expressed the wish that solutions to all these problems should be found simultaneously.

Mr Fich. (DA) Mr President, I should like to say to Mr Hassel that, as I feared, his report has a number of fundamental shortcomings.

Question No 73, by Mr Alavanos Problem of the Greek steel industry

It is obvious that our interests differ to a great extent in this area.

I am happy that President Thorn has presented us with a clear set of priority proposals.

President. Question No 61 by Mr Dalziel (H 665 82)

Mr Nord (L). (NL) Mr President, very briefly.

The point of order I was going to raise concerns Rule 44(7) which says that the procedure for the con duct of Question Time should be governed by guide lines and I read, in No 7 of the Guidelines, that the institution concerned shall ensure that answers are concise and relevant to the subject of the question.

Mr Balfour (ED). Mr President, this House knows well the budgetary principles which have guided our group during our long debates in committee and in the plenary session of this Parliament these last four years.

The surest way to defend the values of freedom and democracy is, in our opinion, to eliminate unemployment, social privation and institutionalized injustice.

Secondly, did the Council welcome Parliament's proposal to extend the social guarantee to the age of twenty five ?

Can I have his assurance that in his desire for transparency he will go right into the deepest bowels of these problems ?

National govern ments wish the present situation to continue.

President. No, Mr Nikolaou, I am sorry.

Some oppositions to this patent have already been filed.

Are there any objections to the inclusion of this oral amendment?

Mr van Aerssen (PPE). (DE) Commissioner, I am personally very grateful that you have expressed your concern for this very important subject.

Nonetheless, there are still 81,500 appeals waiting to be resolved in the office.

IN THE CHAIR MR BRUNO FRIEDRICH

Again we are sitting on the edge of a volcano, and I find it very hot, indeed much too hot.

We start with the votes on the contested urgencies.

Finally, thanks and a slap on the back are due to the UN Secretary General, who was and still is making every effort to bring about a peaceful settlement.

On the contrary, the Commission has paid all due attention to such resolutions and responded positively to them whenever it was able to do so.

Subject Discrimination against nationals of other Community Member States by German insurance companies

The judge said that they only wanted to waste time by such objections.

Thus, the talk about elections in Guatemala is simply a transparent attempt to legitimize the status quo.

Transport accounts for 6 of the Com munity's GNP a higher figure than agriculture.

So little progress has been made that one really wonders at the goodwill of the Member States.

And while it so happens that with the performance of the present Labour Party in Britain, the Conservative Party does not actually need any luck, any political party is entitled to a little now and again.

In fact, w iat has just been described by the'Commissioner is a theoretical situation.

However, the very large number of objections raised particularly from Morocco is clearly an obstacle to holding this referendum in practice.

Objections to Wurst s involvement in Eurovision are already several months old.