Translation of "sphère horizon " (French → English) :

As you can see, our activities are completely in line with the draft resolution, and it is evident that we want to pursue, at one and the same time, all three of the Barcelona process’s main objectives, those being the creation of a common area of peace and stability, the establishment of a zone of general prosperity through economic partnership, and the creation, not only of a Euro-Mediterranean free trade area by 2010, but also of a sphere of dialogue between cultures through cooperation in social, cultural and human affairs.

If the transmitting and the receiving antenna are not in line of sight, but rather, as they are on the earth, on the surface of a sphere, then from a given distance onwards the receiving antenna ‘disappears’ below the horizon owing to the curvature of the earth.

In the course of the debate in Parliament on the world economic situation, the President of the Commission made the following points : - the expected slowdown in the United States economy next year would force Europe to shoulder its responsibilities ; - on the question of structures, three issues would need to be tackled : . instability in financial markets : an agreement should be sought within the OECD on common prudential rules ; . excessive debt burden : a better distribution of tasks between the IMF and the World Bank should make it possible for the concept of conditionality to be revised and adapted to present circumstances ; th ...[+++]e commercial banks should play their part although this required harmonization of the tax rules on provisions ; export credits should be granted again (possibly within a European framework) ; . despite growing economic interdependence, international economic institutions had not yet been strengthened, nor had the "tigers of South East" been included in the worldwide consultation process.