Traduction de «select committee on constitutional reform » (Anglais → Français) :

9. Commends the Conciliation Committee for reaching consensus on 60 constitutional amendments, but expresses concern at the suspension of its work and the current lack of progress; strongly believes that work on a new constitution for Turkey should be continued, as this is essential for the reform process in Turkey; stresses the importance of achieving consensus, within the framework of the constitutional reform process, on an effective system of separation of powers and ...[+++] an inclusive definition of citizenship in order to arrive at a fully democratic constitution which guarantees equal rights for all the people of Turkey; underlines the fact that Turkey, as a member state of the Council of Europe, would benefit from active dialogue with the Venice Commission on the constitutional reform process; underlines the fact that the constitutional reform process should be carried out in a transparent and inclusive manner, with full involvement of civil society at all stages;

So far as concerns territorial selectivity of the tax reform proposed by the Government of Gibraltar, the Advocate General upholds the General Court’s conclusion that the territory of Gibraltar constitutes the territorial reference framework to be used for assessing the selectivity of the intended reform.

welcomes the fact that, on 20 May 2010, a special parliamentary committee was set up to amend and complete the legislative framework concerning the process to decentralise and strengthen local self-government, with the specific remit of furthering measures to implement the constitutional principles of local self-government and the decentralisation of public services, in strict compliance with the European Charter of Local Self-Gove ...[+++]rnment; supports this committee's aim of conducting a comprehensive assessment of the legal framework covering all aspects of activity by local and regional authorities, which will enable decentralisation to be fully implemented, including at sectoral level, in the fields of education, health, social protection, the environment, law and order, etc.; expresses the hope that the reform measures to strengthen local self-government will be implemented in a timely fashion, so that all the implementation mechanisms can be operational by the time of the local general elections in the summer of 2011;

In the latter case, this has been through both the participation of your President and two selected Members and the regular information provided to the Committee on Constitutional Affairs and this House. This is ensuring that this institutional reform work is carried out with a much higher degree of participation by the European Parliament than the previous revision of the Treaty.

5.4. The Committee regards the present proposals as constituting a further important step towards the creation of a true Single Market, in line with its previous recommendation that ongoing reforms to the existing VAT system should continue to be carried out pending the introduction of a new definitive system.

The European Union : - strongly condemns the recent bombing in Colombo which killed dozens of people and left other dozens injured, for there is no justification for targeting such areas, moreover as they were heavily populated by civilians, - expresses its sympathy to the Sri Lankan government and to the families of the victims, - continues to support a negotiated peaceful political settlement of the ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka, - believes that the Sri Lankan government's wide-ranging proposals for constitutional reform, which are presented to the Parliamentary Select Committee on constitutional reforms around the middle of this month, ...[+++] constitute a sound basis for a peaceful solution to this tragic conflict.