1. As a matter of urgency, in circumstances where Members are arrested or have their freedom of movement curtailed in apparent breach of their privileges and immunities, the President, after having consulted the chair and rapporteur of the committee responsible, may take an initiative to assert the privileges and immunities of the Member concerned.

4. As a matter of urgency, in circumstances where Members are arrested or have their freedom of movement curtailed in apparent breach of their privileges and immunities, the President, after having consulted the chair and rapporteur of the committee responsible, may take an initiative to assert the privileges and immunities of the Member concerned.

1. As a matter of urgency, in circumstances where a Member is arrested or has his or her freedom of movement curtailed in apparent breach of their privileges and immunities, the President, after consulting the chair and rapporteur of the committee responsible, may take an initiative to assert the privileges and immunities of the Member concerned.

43. Notes the shift of international attention towards East Asia owing to the political and economic rise of the Asia-Pacific region; welcomes the recent establishment of closer consultation between the EU and the US regarding that region, and believes this might lead to closer EU-US cooperation concerning Asia; notes, in particular, the need for a coordinated response to issues that could potentially disturb peace in the region, especially in the case of the South-East China Sea conflict, which is fuelling aggressive nationalism in some Asian countries and poses a threat to maritime security;

(Return tabled) Question No. 1194 Ms. Judy Foote: With regard to Marine Atlantic Incorporated (MAI): (a) in each year since 2005 until present, (i) how many total employees did MAI employ, (ii) how many ferry crew positions were assigned, (iii) how many dockside positions were assigned, (iv) how many front desk/customer service personnel were assigned, (v) how many management positions were assigned; (b) for each year since 2005 until present and for each employee listed in each year, (i) from where was the position located, (ii) has the position been relocated, (iii) what was the rationale for position relocation, (iv) did the employee ...[+++] deal directly with customers, (v) was the position considered management, (vi) what was the salary or hourly wage, (vii) was the position on a ferry or on the shore; (c) how have federal budgetary cuts affected MAI’s employment levels; (d) what was the actual cost recovery compared to the projected cost recovery for each year since 2005; (e) was there any consultation before raising fares by four percent effective April 1, 2013, and, if so, what were the results of the consultation; (g) how many ferry trips have been cancelled or rescheduled in each year since 2005; and (h) following a ferry cancellation or rescheduling, when services resume, how many times have the standby vessels been used to assist in transporting backlog passengers and vehicles?

Nine lines of action The Green Paper, which will be comprehensively reviewed by the main parties concerned in the coming months, puts forward nine lines of action: - a legal framework for the situation of "student/trainee" and volunteer in the European Union (EU) to solve the problems of social security and taxation hampering mobility; - standard treatment for researchers on a grant in the all the Member States, either through the recognition of an identical condition or the application of similar measures throughout the Union; - social protection for anyone wanting to travel in the Union as part of training or studying, this facility already being accorded to people moving in the EU for the purposes of employment; - a European area of q ...[+++]ualifications through mutual recognition of studies and training courses in another Member State; - abolition of the "territoriality" of grants, thereby allowing the least privileged to train or study in another Member State; - equal treatment of EU citizens and third county nationals residing legally in the Member States; - reduced socio-economic problems by granting aid to the most needy to enable them to undertake periods of training in other countries; - encouragement to learn languages, even those less widely spoken; - better information on existing possibilities and raising of public awareness of the advantages of mobility in training and studying.