Traduction de «Dépouille mise en cercueil » (Français → Anglais) :

In this Resolution, the Parliament, amongst others, "suggests that the Commission should propose without delay to the Council (over and above the requirement for it to report every three years on Union citizenship pursuant to Article 22 of the EC Treaty) that common concepts and binding guidelines enabling common standards to be established in the field of consular protection be adopted; calls on the Commission to intensify its communication and information efforts, in particular by establishing a single European emergency telephone number for inclusion in the passports of Union citizens together with the text of Article 20 of the EC Treaty, enabling any Union citizen to be connected to a call centre which will provide him with comprehensi ...[+++]ve information in the event of a critical situation triggering the consular protection process in particular an up-to-date list of contact details for the Member States' embassies and consulates to which he is entitled to apply; the number could be administered on a central basis in Brussels; calls on the Commission to submit to it, once the Lisbon Treaty has been ratified, a proposal for amending Decision 95/553/EC, so that it expressly includes: diplomatic protection; the identification and repatriation of mortal remains; simplification of the procedures for advancing money".

Now, it is hammering the last nails into the coffin and disregarding the incredible energies put in on this file over the years, both in human resources and public funds.

Today, the remains of two of our soldiers will be sent home from Kandahar with Canadian flags draped over their coffins.

We may, therefore, wonder whether the requirement to use a special coffin for the transport of mortal remains - whatever the distance to be covered - simply because the journey involves the crossing of a frontier, corresponds to the principle of proportionality and is justified from the point of view of public order or public health, the only derogations approved by the Court and, even then, only with serious reservations.

It represents a fundamental attack on media freedom, which if implemented, will drive a further nail into the coffin of Zimbabwe's democratic tradition.

The derogation must also take account of specific provisions concerning invitations to tender, scrutiny and evaluation of tenders, the award of contracts and the implementation of Community public procurement directives.