The markets are moving extremely fast. The developments transcend national borders.

As the dizzy decade nears its end the country is stockmarket crazy.

One pain is lessen'd by another's anguish Turn giddy, and be holp by backward turning

we do not endorse the paradigm that lies behind the dizzying instantaneity and self reference of digital gadgets.

I should like to make a few comments on the dramatic and rapid developments in the Middle East.

In order to keep pace with the present breakneck speed at which technology is developing, it is not only desirable but essential to keep the dialogue going.

Mr President, the explosion in the prices of oil products illustrates the need to make the euro into a genuinely international currency.

It contains everything that's in today's universe, so you can imagine, it's busting. And it's expanding at incredible speed.

The true aim of politics must be the noble government of people's needs, in a society that is constantly changing at an ever increasing rate.

And I go, No. Why does that sense of mystery, that sense of the dizzying scale of the universe, need to be accompanied by a mystical feeling?

The misalignments that have so characterized the international monetary system during the 80s, mainly through the sharp rise and then fall of the dollar, have been avoided in the EMS.

We must make the existing Aid Code more flexible, introduce a system of quotas, and fix minimum prices in response to the collapse in selling prices.

This situation stems from the fact that South Korea has been employing aggressive methods and offering its vessels at dumping prices in order to increase its share of the world shipbuilding market.

Thirdly because the budget remains a mechanism for applying a policy which falls short on the social and development side and which has not been reorganised despite constant warnings of the fall in the euro.

CUNHA OLIVEIRA (S), in writing. (PT) The first objective of my explanation of vote is to express my satisfaction that this Parliament is going to vote on the excellent report by fellow member Mebrak Zaidi which has been waiting to be heard for a year.

Adding to the total allowed catches the TACs they were badly designed from the outset and have made the second hand market rocket to the detriment, in particular, of young small scale fishermen who are just starting out in this profession.

Mr President, the proposal to free up EUR 4 million for the Convention, which commences tomorrow, was rushed through the institutions at breakneck speed.

I also include in this area of security the issues of crime, the influxes of immigrants and refugees, economy and the environment, telecommunications and other fields which are rapidly linking up and assuming international aspect.

We are particularly sorry that you have not as yet replied to our proposal seeking to link moves towards a hierarchy between the categories of Community act with an undertaking by the Commission back down on provisions of a legislative nature.

We are calling for the audiovisual sector, and all other cultural sectors, to be kept outside the scope of the GATT negotiations, and for general and unlimited recognition of the principle of exempting cultural and audiovisual material.

'Mad cow disease' was followed by foot and mouth disease the fall in domestic consumption as a result of much exaggerated consumer fears is now joined by a serious decline in our exports to third countries.

Next, they have helped to control the budget of insurance companies and health insurers, because, although health is non negotiable, it comes at a price which is rocketing, due to the progress being made in medicine, the army of pharmaceutical products available and the ageing population.

The route from high subsidies and collapsed prices on the world market to healthy trade and pricing must, however, be achieved via a change to the way in which aid is at present provided, that is to say through a decoupling of aid from production.

The tale of a major global cultural phenomenon Cricket commentator Harsha Bhogle describes the spectacular arrival of fast paced 20 20 cricket as it parallels the rise of modern India. He traces the game from its sleepy English roots to the current world of celebrity owners and million dollar player contracts.

That would have allowed me to talk about, for example, the last winner of the European Prize for Literature, the great Catalan writer Manuel Vázquez Montalbán, who has been at the European Parliament this week.

What do you intend to do to prevent this from happening in the future, with certain Member States collecting charges against the general intentions of the e Europe project at the same time leading the sector into a wild downward spiral and others not?

We must remember the tragic situation facing the European Union in the autumn of 2001, when the appalling mad cow crisis emerged exaggerated fears on the part of consumers led to a staggering fall in beef consumption and prices collapsed to unprecedented levels.

Rapid technological development and changes in our environment really bring home how important it is to spare a thought for our natural heritage and take responsibility, in other words development planning and changes of designated land usages must feature more prominently in our responsibility for the conservation of our cultural heritage.

Finally, the criticism based on a supposed change of priorities along the way is selfishly forgetting the dramatic acceleration that has taken place at the beginning of this century and is describing as fickleness what in fact was a remarkable capacity to adapt and to react to the unexpected problems that arose, which required immediate responses.

But most important of all, the ?U and the international community as a whole should call on the Sharon government in Israel to bear the full cost of restoring the infrastructure which its military action has destroyed, causing a sharp drop in the standard of living of the Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip and occupied territories.

The majority of my party think that the consequences in human, environmental and economic terms of this war are too horrific to consider.

The Greek vine growing sector is in a state of permanent crisis owing to the collapse in nominal prices for wine grapes and table grapes compared with last year, the fall in consumption which is exacerbated by acute transport problems for table grapes destined for Western Europe owing to the war in the former Yugoslavia, the sharp fall in wine exports from 118 200 tonnes in 1989 to 65 000 tonnes in 1991 and the five fold increase in imports.