8. Stresses the commitments by the HR/VP and the Commission within the Joint Communication on a Partnership for Democracy and shared Prosperity with the Southern Mediterranean to further support democratic transformation and civil society in response to the current historic developments in the region; calls therefore on the HR/VP, the Council and the Commission to support the legitimate aspirations and political expectations of the Syrian population and to stop pressing to conclude the EU-Syria association agreement following the violent repression; is of the opinion that the conclusion of such agreement should depend on the capacity o ...[+++]f the Syrian authorities to carry out expected democratic reforms with special regard to the pertinence of the reforms undertaken;

20. Calls on the EU Troika to continue to discuss intensively, in the context of the dialogue, matters of concern such as the ratification of the UN International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, reform of the criminal justice system, including the death penalty and the system of re-education through labour, freedom of expression, particularly on the internet, freedom of the press, freedom of conscience, thought and religion, the situation of minorities in Tibet and Xinjiang, the release of detainees following the events in Tiananmen Square, and workers’ and other social and economic rights; calls, furthermore, on the Council and ...[+++] the Commission to pay special attention to compliance with the ILO's conventions with regard, in particular, to independent trade unions and child labour ;

Emergency aid reserve: this reserve is designed to respond to the specific aid requirements of third countries following events which could not be foreseen when the budget was established.

Following the events and the reaction of both the European public and the European institutions the Turkish authorities have started an investigation and have relieved six policemen of their duties pending this investigation.

Political flexibility in matters concerning justice, freedom and security enables political priorities to be shuffled in response to unexpected events, such as the London attacks of 7 July 2005. The nature and scale of such events are often international.

– (IT) Mr President, after the shock of 11 September, the tragic scale of the crisis in the aviation industry and its related services was already apparent, but the situation has become even more complex with the events of recent days. We are now faced with a problem: the problem of the crisis in general and a problem of safety too, which, if the theory on the plane crash should prove to be true, would prompt us to focus more closely on the issue of servicing of aircraft for safety purposes.