Translation of "contrepoids qui existent déjà au sein de notre gouvernement " (French → English) :

I would draw a parallel to the unprecedented powers that Republicans gave their President to overrule Congress and [the] long history of habeas corpus in the accumulated foundation of the Common Law, and how this new Conservative law too would short-circuit existing checks and balances [that we have in our government].

A number of government assistance plans are in place, and it may make sense to look at what the government can do for commercial sport.

Surely there have been things that should have been stopped in the Senate. Surely the point of having checks and balances, which is a principle in our government, a principle in the government of all those other federations, and indeed in any civilized government, is something we ought to be protecting and honouring.

27. Asks the Commission to designate a special EU urban coordinator, based on already existing services or bodies within the Commission, to monitor and evaluate the practical implementation of such coordination in a horizontal (engaging all relevant policy sectors) and vertical (engaging all levels of government) manner; is of the opinion that the special EU urban coordinator should, with the help of the Commission’s Inter-service Group on ‘Urban Development’, establish a ‘one-stop shop’ on urban policies within the Commi ...[+++]ssion and ensure the proper collection, management and dissemination of data on urban policies within and between Commission services and with various stakeholders in such a way as to establish an awareness-raising mechanism for early warning and early stage involvement of local and regional authorities in policy processes with an impact on towns, cities and functional urban areas;

27. Is surprised that there are as yet no European-level tax incentives for cooperation and pooling; takes note of the call by the December 2013 Council for such arrangements to be explored, and finds it regrettable that, a year on, discussions have not yet produced any tangible measures in this regard; notes that the Belgian Government already grants VAT exemptions, on an ad hoc basis, to the preparatory phases of certain EDA projects, e.g. for satellite communications; believes that such exemptions should be applied as a matter o ...[+++]f course and should be extended to infrastructure and to specific capability-related programmes, taking as a model the existing mechanism within NATO or the existing EU mechanism for civilian research infrastructures; calls for the development of any other incentive that could encourage capability cooperation between Europeans;

28. Is surprised that there are as yet no European-level tax incentives for cooperation and pooling; takes note of the call by the December 2013 Council for such arrangements to be explored, and finds it regrettable that, a year on, discussions have not yet produced any tangible measures in this regard; notes that the Belgian Government already grants VAT exemptions, on an ad hoc basis, to the preparatory phases of certain EDA projects, e.g. for satellite communications; believes that such exemptions should be applied as a matter o ...[+++]f course and should be extended to infrastructure and to specific capability-related programmes, taking as a model the existing mechanism within NATO or the existing EU mechanism for civilian research infrastructures; calls for the development of any other incentive that could encourage capability cooperation between Europeans;

It must be understood that Canada has already signed an international agreement to ban cloning, yet we do not have the same legislation in our own parliament.

32. Sees in Russia an increasingly important strategic partner, not least because of its role within the international coalition against terror, and perceives possibilities, particularly in the field of international crisis management and cooperation in security matters, for increasingly close cooperation, as already occurs with NATO; is convinced that this partnership will only be really successful when promotion of democracy and human rights in the former Soviet Union is an integral part of it; this would include a political solution to the conflict on Chechnya based on the respect of human rights, for which the EU should offer its services as mediator so as to facilitate the resumption of dialogue between all the parties including the ...[+++]representatives of the Maskhadov government;

I would be delighted if all the governments of the Member States of the European Union were to follow suit, if their representatives to the convention also reported back to their cabinets and governments in the Member States of the European Union, in order to ensure there is direct feedback, just as we do at parliamentary level.

Ms. Myrna Gamblin: No. You're sitting from a perspective where you have a system of checks and balances you can utilize within your government, such as this.