28. Is also concerned about the discrepancy of the CO2 emissions declared in test results and those observed by drivers on the road; calls, therefore, for swift agreement on the WLTP correlation for fleet average CO2 targets without credit being given for unfair flexibilities in the current test procedure, in order not to weaken the 2021 target; believes that this vehicle emission scandal provides clear evidence that public authorities need to remain independent from the sector they regulate, and that the EU level needs to have stronger powers to monitor implementation and enforce legislation; calls on the Commission to demonstrate to ...[+++] EU citizens that the Better Regulation process has as its ambition the provision of effective and enforced laws across the EU for the benefit of all EU citizens;

N. whereas there is a need to protect borrowers in the EU who have concluded contracts with banks for mortgages in Swiss francs, especially in France and Greece; whereas 75 000 Greek citizens are at risk of losing their homes;

Nobody in Europe has any interest in a France in decline, a France suffering from an identity crisis or a France that is afraid of the future.

You take the gross income for the particular year that you're in and you do not deduct certain fixed costs. Now there are fixed costs that are there, such as a mortgage, interest, telephone, leases I won't list them all, Mr. Chairman building and fence repairs, legal and accounting fees, tools, motor vehicle expenses, licensing, permits, etc.

And if it is a pact against the governments and in favour of the citizens – and in this regard I agree with what the chairperson of the committee has said – you will have the support of my group in enhancing the powers of the Commission, against the Council, and the powers of Parliament, as representative of the citizens, to defend that budgetary stability, which will provide the citizens with lower prices, lower interest rates for their mortgages and will help to guarantee that we will have resources in the future to attend to the needs of our pensioners and that we will not have squandered those resources by paying interest and paying ...[+++]off debt.

And if it is a pact against the governments and in favour of the citizens – and in this regard I agree with what the chairperson of the committee has said – you will have the support of my group in enhancing the powers of the Commission, against the Council, and the powers of Parliament, as representative of the citizens, to defend that budgetary stability, which will provide the citizens with lower prices, lower interest rates for their mortgages and will help to guarantee that we will have resources in the future to attend to the needs of our pensioners and that we will not have squandered those resources by paying interest and paying ...[+++]off debt.