However, since the Commission and the Council have agreed on a redefinition of objectives, focusing on a pragmatic 'all-hazard approach' to the Union's critical infrastructure, they must complete their clarification efforts and avoid using an extremely ambitious title to hide what is a much more limited reality. And that reality is that it was only with great difficulty that the governments reached a financial agreement, which actually fell far short of the wishes expressed by Parliament and - what is more serious - of what was needed to pursue the objectives which the European Union had set itself, among which the establishment of an ar ...[+++]ea of freedom, security and justice was high on the agenda.

I think that the Turkey issue is becoming the most striking and most politically frightening illustration of the way in which the European Union is suspending the normal democratic decision-making processes and is ramming decisions down the public’s throat, if need be with all the dirty tricks of the trade, and, in the case of Turkey, with lies and deceit.

Designed to significantly reduce harm to both mother and child, the Shute forceps represented the first major change in forceps construction in over 400 years.

His most outstanding accomplishment was the design and development of the Shute parallel obstetrical forceps.

I am sorry that the committee has behaved in this way, because I believe a sledgehammer approach does the cause more harm than good, particularly in an area as sensitive as this.