Translation of "sommet de la masse nuageuse " (French → English) :

– (EL) Mr President, on the subject of the G8 summit, according to some financial information I was reading, global GDP was USD 58 trillion and the money supply was USD 615 trillion in 2009.

I would propose doing four things in preparation for the September G20: firstly, to prepare a new, coordinated effort to reduce this threat of mass unemployment; secondly, to follow the de Larosière group’s two proposals – to establish a supervisory board and to give more competence to so-called CSR organisations; thirdly, to introduce effective financial regulation, covering hedge funds and private equity; and, fourthly, to prepare Europe to take a role in promoting a new global deal, including for those developing countries which have been hardest hit by this economic crisis.

If we want, Mr. Chairman, to look for the silver lining on the otherwise dark cloud of WSSD, we have to look beyond the formal text adopted in Johannesburg in at least two directions.

10. Welcomes the European Trade Union Confederation's efforts to mobilise their members and the European marches against mass unemployment, precarious employment and social exclusion in the run up to the Cologne summit as a vital contribution to creating public support for European employment policy;

We also wanted to ensure that, after the Washington summit, there would be an ongoing review of alliance policies relating to weapons of mass destruction and the various roles that non-proliferation and disarmament measures could play in that regard.

We need a critical mass of policing resources that we can deploy to things like the Olympics or the G8/G20, and we realize it is the responsibility of the commissioner, but it is our members being deployed to these things.