Translation of "libération progressive des prix " (French → English) :

1. step-up structural reforms aimed at liberalising administered prices and advance further with de-indexation, in particular of the wage setting mechanism (GL 5).

Cheaper regional prices resulting from, for example, the shale gas boom in the US and progressive increase in LNG trade, have not yet translated into cheaper prices on the European market.

105. Notes that after the 2008 food crisis, which severely affected many sub-Saharan African countries, food prices have gradually returned to previous levels and that volatility and speculation is likely to continue; calls on the Commission to elaborate upon response strategies for different contingencies, making any relevant proposals; calls on the Commission to also take note of the fact that gradually rising food prices is part of a marked, long-term upward trend, rather than a short-term issue and consequently, it requires a long-term holistic strategy, directly linked to broader development goals; calls for the inclusion of a ne ...[+++]w Food Facility or a comparable mechanism in the multi-annual financial framework for the years 2014 to 2020 to ensure the Union's ability to respond swiftly to new food crises using similar funds, given the unpredictability of new food crises and the increased volatility of food prices; believes that financial speculation exacerbates food price volatility and that it is, therefore, also necessary to take effective action against such speculation, including the regulation and control of derivative markets;

The agreement establishes a broader, reciprocal and negotiated scheme that will allow for the progressive liberalisation of trade in goods and services, public tendering and investment promotion.

8. Urges the Israeli Government to stop the extension of the settlements and to withdraw the settlements from the West Bank and East Jerusalem in full compliance with the UN resolutions and to engage in ‘a phased release plan’ for Palestinian prisoners in Israeli detention centres; considers that this plan should begin with the release of minors in custody; calls once more for the immediate release of the members of the Palestinian Legislative Council and Ministers; urges the Israeli Government to release without delay Marwan Barghouti as a serious signal of co-existence and dialogue with Palestinian leaders;

4. Stresses that the developing countries do not form a homogeneous unit from an agricultural point of view but are made up of net food exporting countries which benefit directly from a general liberalisation of trade, net importing countries whose marginalisation is being increased by the fall in prices caused by a gradual deregulation of agricultural markets and by their debt burden and, lastly, net importing countries specialisi ...[+++]ng in the export of a few products, which are subject to fluctuations in world prices and a steady erosion of their trade preferences;