B3-1526, 1528, 1533 and 1534/93

Resolution on the implementation of the Treaty on European Union

The European Parliament,

-having regard to the entry into force of the Maastricht Treaty on 1 November 1993,

-having regard to the statement by the Council,

-having regard to the conclusions of the Edinburgh European Council,

-having regard to the interinstitutional agreement concluded in Luxembourg on 25 October 1993,

1.Considers that the entry into force of the Treaty must be the occasion for a relaunch of the process of European integration, economically, monetarily and institutionally;

2.Calls on the European Council of 29 October 1993 to take all necessary decisions to allow the recovery of the European economy, and in particular to commit to the Community Growth Initiative financial resources sufficient to tackle effectively the problems of employment and social exclusion;

3.Believes that the introduction of Economic and Monetary Union, the second phase of which is due to start on 1 January 1994, is essential to put an end to international currency speculation and takes the view that EMU is an indispensable means of making Europe more competitive, thereby permitting creation of the jobs needed to alleviate the problem of unemployment; calls for a decision on the seat of the European Monetary Institute to be taken by the European Council of 29 October 1993 as proof to the people of Europe that such problems cannot block progress towards EMU;

4.Calls on the European Council to define clearly the guidelines on which it intends to base the future Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) and reaffirms its support for the development of a Political Union as envisaged by the Treaty, in particular with regard to the CFS which has become a matter of necessity in the context of general instability on the continent of Europe and in the world at large;

5.Reiterates its view that all legislative texts must be adopted on the basis of a public vote, since this is a sine qua non for democracy and transparency in the European Union;

6.Expects the European Council to honour its own declarations adopted at Birmingham and Edinburgh which stated that 'when a formal vote is taken in Council, the record of the vote (including explanations of vote where delegations requested these) shall be published', without allowing for the possibility that publication might be prevented by a majority of Member States opposed to it; calls on the European Council on 29 October 1993 to honour its abovementioned commitments;

7.Hopes that the Council will reach an agreement as soon as possible, enabling all the institutional innovations provided for by the Treaty on European Union to be put into practice, including the European Parliament's right to set up committees of inquiry - a provision which the Council does not seem keen to have implemented, thereby making it impossible to apply Article 138c of the EC Treaty;

8.Calls for the incorporation into national law of the changes to the number of MEPs, and the provisions on the right of every citizen of the Union to vote in the Member State in which he resides, so as to enable these to be applicable at the next elections to the European Parliament;

9.Asks the Council how the Member States can meet the deadlines set, which indeed have already passed for the free movement of persons, without thereby facilitating the free movement of drugs, money deriving from organized crime and illegal immigrants;

10.Instructs its relevant bodies to organize an information campaign aimed at all citizens of the Union on the political rights deriving from the application of Article 8b(2) of the EC Treaty as soon as the abovementioned legislation has been adopted;

11.Demands that the seats be fixed for those institutions which do not have a fixed seat, including the European Environment Agency;

12.Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the European Council, the Council, the Commission and the parliaments of the Member States.