In some cases mergers, modernisation and acquisition are very important for the future of the sector.

The basic rule is that acquiring a dominant position by merger or by acquisition is not allowed.

We are getting codecision.

This situation is getting worse.

We were not getting interpretation throughout.

The people are getting rather desperate.

26654 They are getting something for nothing.

There were, for example, long delays in obtaining vital information from some countries.

34164 It also forces ordinary citizens to bear the additional cost of obtaining a visa.

We want them to become our allies in obtaining two things: a constitution and a convention.

This is an incredibly important step towards obtaining safer food, which we must take quickly.

That is a demagogic provision.

This provision is very interesting.

That is a very important provision.

The framework agreement restricts this provision.

An extraordinarily important and pioneering provision.

The purchase of weapons is more important than feeding people.

Let us be sure that we have a strategy for funding the purchase.

However, it need not automatically go back to the place of purchase.

In general, taxation should focus on a car's use and not its purchase price.

The proposal to set up a national purchase scheme should, in my view, be re - examined.

My last point concerns public tendering and centralised procurement.

We need environmental and social criteria for public procurement.

The defects are perhaps there too -- public procurement, insurance, intellectual property.

We particularly welcome the exclusion of fraudulent enterprises from participation in public procurement.

The emphasis will be on long - term reforms covering health financing as well as training and procurement.