Some reaction to this negative situation is called for.

In addressing this situation, it is proposed that the Member States

We are told that these aids are contrary to the spirit and letter of the Treaty of Rome and that they affect free competition.

At work, they very often occupy inferior positions although on average they do better than men at school.

What can the European Union do in these circumstances?

In the face of all this, it is impossible to preserve a neutral stance.

What can the European Union do, faced with such a situation?

Faced with this situation, the European Council had only two choices. First, it could stick with the Nice treaty as the basis of the Union s operation.

In the face of this, we needed to keep our heads above water .

We have to consider how we are going to respond in the face of this situation.

Confronted by a revolutionary situation, however, that approach could be hard to maintain.

In Europe there is usually no self service counter for buying medicines so that it would be far more difficult to perpetrate such a crime here.

Madagascar has been brought to a virtual standstill by a general strike that is having disastrous consequences, and the support for which is as strong as ever despite being in its tenth day. We cannot remain indifferent, given the serious nature of this situation.

In light of this situation, the room for manoeuvre available to the President of the ECB is perhaps limited.

Faced with this situation, the inhabitants of the infected areas have many concerns.

The situation demands that we give environment health issues renewed attention.

In the light of this situation, the Commission considered three options in proceeding.

In response to this situation, the Tunisian Lawyers Council declared a strike.

In view of this situation, we do not believe that any European country, by itself, can in the long term hold its own against what would effectively be the pax americana.

I continue to be concerned about reactions in the Arab world in the face of this stalled situation.

Against this backdrop, many wonder why nothing is being done to remedy the situation.

Confronted with this situation, some Member States proposed asset protection schemes .

Now relief came in many different forms, but there was one major problem.

In view of this situation, I am no longer calling for greater involvement in the process.

Given these circumstances, it is more obvious to lower, rather than increase, the pensionable age.

With this in mind, I welcome the importance attached to the Lisbon Summit on venture capital.

In view of this situation, the Commission has been weighing the various options that are available.

We feel impotent in the face of this situation, and we are asking Europe and the Member States for help.

In light of this deadlock, the president suggested leaving the specific issue of voting rights up to the Assembly.

I personally attach much importance to this matter in view of the current situation regarding mergers and acquisitions.

I would like to express to the farming community in the United Kingdom our great sympathy and concern with this situation.

What opportunities does this new situation open up for relations between the European Union and Libya?

Faced with this double challenge, the European Union's duty is to make sufficient funds available to meet the new demands of this situation.

If used intelligently, this instrument can be a way out of the current deadlock affecting the European Union.

Therefore, we must be resolute in addressing this situation, first and foremost in order to free the Eritrean people from the ruling power.

To tackle this potentially harmful situation, the Council and Parliament reacted by adopting the so called 'urban waste water treatment' directive in 1991.

In the face of this situation, the European Union is maintaining a stand of guilty tolerance, not to say consent.

Under these circumstances, the public is calling for more effective control mechanisms, leading many countries to stiffen their youth legislation.

For these reasons, then, the analyses in the Faure proposal are worthy of approval.

Our Parliament will need all its authority to convince the other institutions and the Member States.

Faced with this situation, a number of countries and regions have taken steps to restrict access to airports at night.

Faced with this situation, the Commission ordered a study, which is the one we are investigating here, on what can be done.

If we fail to react to this new form of immigration, the situation will soon get out of hand and become uncontrollable.

So it is against this background that I have set out in my report to look for ways of encouraging more self reliance within the EU.

In light of this policy what action is the Commission planning to take to assess the impact of this oil exploration on the human rights situation in the area?