The Nine consider that both of these meetings made a useful contribution to the improved implementation of the relevant provisions of the Final Act.

The chairperson of the arbitration panel shall preside over all its meetings.

We must embark on this with great urgency.

IPTC Urgency

Urgency of the situation

After a first reading, I feel it would form a satisfactory basis for a new basic report.

The subject is already down to be discussed by the committee and we are expecting a report on it in September.

I should like to stress on behalf of the Socialist Group that we have nothing against financial aid to Ireland.

The President shall ensure that these speaking times are respected.

Rule 134 Urgent procedure

There is still much to be done to make public opinion fully aware of the facts and the difficulties we face.

The Rules of Procedure are not, after all, written for eternity.

It can, and will, entail some sacrifice of narrow national interests, but such sacrifices are amply rewarded and in tangible terms.

What they undertook to do they brought to pass.

I could not but be struck by the importance they attach to the Community.

The adoption of the 1980 Budget is a matter of great importance where the Council and the Parliament each has its responsibilities.

I call Mr Klepsch.

The adoption of urgent procedure is agreed.

I call Mr Luster.

Debates of the European Parliament

This quantity is not far short of the 270 million tonnes which the Council was aiming at for that year.

In fact, it is cheaper to import coal.

During the first six months of 1979, we consumed 10 more coal than in the first half of 1978.

How, then, should we go about this ?

The financing of research into the upgrading of coal deserves special priority.

The following Members voted

And we have taken decisions on sheepmeat on two separate occasions.

We must ensure a true balance between these two philosophies for the consumer.

In recent months the Nine have given some attention to the situation in Central America, particularly in Nicaragua.

It is too late to do anything now.

There is no compulsion on the President in Office to distribute copies of his speech.

May be the present crisis would not be so grave.

Are there any comments ? I call Mr De Goede.

But I fail to see how the House as a whole can recognize the urgency.

They far outweigh in importance the shortterm issues considered in the Commission's paper.

Yet if you look at the report on

Urgent procedure is adopted.

I call Mr Vetter to speak on behalf of the Socialist Group.

I should like you to consider his procedural point.

The total should be more this year.

This has already been mentioned.

We were unequivocal in denouncing these measures.

The request for urgent procedure is not adopted.

The request for urgent debate is rejected.

Both are realities, and both will be needed in the future.