Will it take initiatives to put an end to the growing number of cases of such practices, which give rise to suspicions of concerted action between several parties and countries in the context of anti-terrorist hysteria?

Will it take initiatives to put an end to the growing number of cases of such practices, which give rise to suspicions of concerted action between several parties and countries in the context of anti-terrorist hysteria?

B. whereas on 17 October a group of ten opposition parties joined forces in the so-called National Council of the General Public Movement and published a Manifesto outlining their goals that was partly supported by other opposition parliamentary groups, which goals included: democratic elections preceded by real competition between political parties and without the involvement of state institutions; reorganisation of the way in which the elections are administered, involving representatives of all political parties; establishment of a 'European-style' parliamentary system ...[+++]reducing the power of the executive branch; an independent judiciary and non-interference by government structures in the courts; restoration of territorial integrity and withdrawal of Russian peacekeeping forces/military contingents from Georgia; local self-governance; eradication of political violence, release of 'political prisoners' and investigation of unsolved deaths that occurred during the Shevardnadze and Saakashvili presidencies; rapprochement with NATO and the EU, and abolition of CIS membership; a call for Parliamentary elections according to schedule in spring instead of autumn 2008 and changes to the winner-takes-all electoral system,

Where a cooperative within the meaning of Article 2(14), or a similar entity as referred to in Article 45 of Directive 86/635/EEC, is required or permitted under national provisions to be a member of a non-profit-making auditing entity, an objective, reasonable and informed party would not conclude that the membership-based relationship compromises the statutory auditor's independence, provided that when such an auditing entity is ...[+++]conducting a statutory audit of one of its members, the principles of independence are applied to the auditors carrying out the audit and those persons who may be in a position to exert influence on the statutory audit.

(12) Any party who is the subject of a decision by a national regulatory authority should have the right to appeal to a body that is independent of the parties involved.

In addition, the existence of European support did not act against European cultural diversity: on the contrary, it aimed to give undertakings in the audiovisual sector the resources to take maximum advantage of a unified market while respecting national characteristics.