Translation of "vrai pays " (French → English) :

Secondly, many of us are delighted to see that a country of the South is progressing so well on the path to development, and has been doing so for many years now, and that it might eventually become a genuine developed country and, as such, serve as an example to the whole of the Arab world, and perhaps even to the whole of Africa.

I myself am from Finland and it is often thought that Finland is a model country in terms of equal opportunities.

7. The profile of the typical cross-border shopper is that of a young, well-educated professional with an Internet connection, by far the most popular distance marketing channel, as shown by the Commission's focus groups study.[12] In fact, 31% of European citizens are not interested in cross-border shopping because they do not have Internet access.[13] Therefore countries with high Internet penetration rates, such as the Nordic countries, are likely to have higher levels of distance marketing.

To be honest, I find it hard to understand their criticism, since the developing countries have been able to express themselves and make their voices count at this ministerial conference in conditions that they have never been able to obtain before, and I can say to this House that the Union played a part here, and if the developing countries were able to obtain a place at the conference table – both during the conference itself and during the preparations for it – which is much better than it has been before, it was to some extent the result of the efforts that the Union had been making in various places.

This is true particularly between Member States but also with respect to acceding, candidate and other neighbouring countries.

Indeed, the home country supervisor is closely involved in overseeing all services provided by firms located on its territory - without distinction between those provided domestically or on a cross-border basis. This is particularly true as regards the requirements needed for the reconstruction of contested transactions (audit trails) and record-keeping.