In my first contribution of the afternoon, I would like to pause, as Mr Virrankoski did, at the implementation of the budget, as the political decisions which we take here with a lot of fuss often falter on that point.

The news has reached my ears this very day of an extremely serious incident in Milan, where a journalist from the television network Telelombardia, who was going to a home for pensioners and elderly people, the Pio Albergo Trivulzio in Milan, to report on the living conditions of elderly people in nursing homes – in this case, a nursing home in Milan – was treated badly: he was prevented from filming, and the commotion has reached my ears and I want to condemn it in this Chamber today. Indeed, I believe that pensioners and elderly people have a right for others to know how they live, which must be in peace and calm, not in dubious condit ...[+++]ions like, I suspect, those of that old people’s home in Milan.

The news has reached my ears this very day of an extremely serious incident in Milan, where a journalist from the television network Telelombardia , who was going to a home for pensioners and elderly people, the Pio Albergo Trivulzio in Milan, to report on the living conditions of elderly people in nursing homes – in this case, a nursing home in Milan – was treated badly: he was prevented from filming, and the commotion has reached my ears and I want to condemn it in this Chamber today. Indeed, I believe that pensioners and elderly people have a right for others to know how they live, which must be in peace and calm, not in dubious condi ...[+++]tions like, I suspect, those of that old people’s home in Milan.

The report on market access to port services has caused a great stir in the European Parliament, not least because the European Commission proposal predominantly deals with competition within ports.

[23] Note, Article 7 provides that the list of major agglomerations, roads, rails and airports reported in 2005 needs to be reviewed when preparing the first strategic noise map, i.e. taking into account the latest situation in 2006.

1. Member States shall ensure that no later than 30 June 2007 strategic noise maps showing the situation in the preceding calendar year have been made and, where relevant, approved by the competent authorities, for all agglomerations with more than 250000 inhabitants and for all major roads which have more than six million vehicle passages a year, major railways which have more than 60000 train passages per year and major airports within their territories.