Translation of "Nivellement général de la France " (French → English) :

15. Calls on the Commission to take full account of the correct horizontal social clause as specified in Article 9 TFEU, under which the EU has to take into account requirements linked to the promotion of a high level of employment, the guarantee of adequate social protection, the fight against social exclusion, and a high level of education, training and protection of human health, and calls on the Commission to specify how the Platform will affect assessments of the implementation of that clause; calls for more in-depth social impact assessments of EU policies, even where those policies are initiated by the European Council rather than the Commission, as in the case of the Euro Plus pact; takes the view that such in-depth analysis of th ...[+++]e application of this clause will make it possible to avoid a levelling-down of social standards in Europe and facilitate the development of a common social basis in Europe; calls for this social impact assessment to be carried out in conjunction with associations active in combating poverty, and for it to take the situation of the poorest people in Europe as a benchmark; takes the view that such assessments should involve Parliament, the Committee of the Regions, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Commission departments responsible for social affairs, under the supervision of a director-general reporting to the Commission Secretariat;

15. Calls on the Commission to take full account of the correct horizontal social clause as specified in Article 9 TFEU, under which the EU has to take into account requirements linked to the promotion of a high level of employment, the guarantee of adequate social protection, the fight against social exclusion, and a high level of education, training and protection of human health, and calls on the Commission to specify how the Platform will affect assessments of the implementation of that clause; calls for more in-depth social impact assessments of EU policies, even where those policies are initiated by the European Council rather than the Commission, as in the case of the Euro Plus pact; takes the view that such in-depth analysis of th ...[+++]e application of this clause will make it possible to avoid a levelling-down of social standards in Europe and facilitate the development of a common social basis in Europe; calls for this social impact assessment to be carried out in conjunction with associations active in combating poverty, and for it to take the situation of the poorest people in Europe as a benchmark; takes the view that such assessments should involve Parliament, the Committee of the Regions, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Commission departments responsible for social affairs, under the supervision of a director-general reporting to the Commission Secretariat;

4. Notes that the expulsions have targeted Roma specifically as a community generically considered as a threat to public order and safety, or as a burden on the social assistance and carried out in an extremely short lapse of time under modalities that included public stigmatization and the use of force and intimidation; no precise individual and case-by-case evaluation can reasonably and properly be done in such conditions; material and procedural safeguards have not been applied and guaranteed; the condition of proportionality has been violated; the measures could have been taken for economic ends or for general prevention; the directive does not foresee any procedure allowing for the facilitated or voluntary return of EU citizens to ...[+++] the Member State of origin on the basis of an economic “compensation”, which would also be contrary to the spirit and letter of the Treaties, since freedom of movement is a fundamental right that cannot be alienated, bought or sold, and would create a discrimination between EU citizens; furthermore, according to Romanian authorities, none of those returned have ever committed a crime in France or in Romania, while French courts have ruled against authorities' expulsion decisions against Roma that were based on their being a "threat to public order";

A. whereas Draft amending budget No 7 to the general budget 2009 covers the Mobilisation of the EU Solidarity Fund for an amount of EUR 109,4 million in commitment and payment appropriations relating to the effects of the storm that hit France in January 2009,

Track twist is defined as the algebraic difference between two cross levels taken at a defined distance apart, usually expressed as a gradient between the two points at which the cross level is measured.

Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Ireland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom have rules which to different extents cover the principle of active personality in 9(1)(c), although some did not generally cover residents (Germany, France, Italy and the United Kingdom) or referred to additional requisites such as double criminality not included in this subparagraph (Denmark).