15. Urges the Union to include, as part of its negotiations with third countries, the need for greater cooperation by third countries in the field of immigration, and calls on those third countries whose cooperation has been insufficient – or non-existent – to make every effort to facilitate FRONTEX's work, particularly by ensuring that their enforcement services cooperate more effectively;

15. Urges the Union to include, as part of its negotiations with third countries, the need for greater cooperation by third countries in the field of immigration, and calls on those third countries whose cooperation has been insufficient – or non-existent – to make every effort to facilitate FRONTEX's work, particularly by ensuring that their enforcement services cooperate more effectively;

14. Urges the Union to include, as part of its negotiations with third countries, the need for greater cooperation by third countries in the field of immigration and calls on those third countries whose cooperation has been insufficient – or non-existent – to make every effort to facilitate the work of the Agency, particularly by ensuring that their enforcement services cooperate more effectively;

Surely there should be no difficulty using the best efforts and financial support of all levels of government to deliver the goods directly to those who need them most.

Promote a lifecycle approach to work through: a renewed endeavour to build employment pathways for young people and reduce the youth unemployment; resolute action based inter alia on affirmative measures to guarantee equal treatment and opportunities for women and men in terms of access to employment, pay, promotion and working conditions; better reconciliation of work and private life, including the promotion of better sharing of family responsibilities between spouses and partners and provision of accessible and affordable modes of public childcare and services providing a high level of educational quality, a high-quality public care ...[+++] service for elderly people and other dependants; modern pension and healthcare systems, ensuring their adequacy, financial sustainability and responsiveness to changing needs, so as to support participation in employment and longer working lives, including appropriate incentives to work and discourage early retirement; support for working conditions conducive to active ageing through an attractive supply of voluntary part-time work and opportunities for phased retirement (Integrated guideline No 17).

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to the Green Paper on the development of the single market for postal services, published on 11 June 1992; Having regard to the communication from the Commission on guidelines for the development of Community postal services; Whereas the development of postal services is an important feature of the development of the single market for the promotion of the economic and social development of the Community and its Member States; Whereas the provisions of the Treaty on the freedom to provide services cover the postal sector; ...[+++]Whereas the Green Paper and the abovementioned communication identify the aspects of postal services which are of Community interest; Whereas in view of these aspects it appears that efforts should be made at Community level to improve the efficiency and quality of postal services; Whereas the Commission has undertaken broad public consultation and has received contributions from interested parties in the postal sector; Whereas it is necessary to fix the main objectives of the development of postal services in the Community, in accordance with the Treaty; 1. GIVES ITS SUPPORT: to the general approach contained in the Commission's Green Paper on the development of the single market for postal services; 2. TAKES NOTE OF: the consultation which took place between the interested parties and the resulting Commission communication on the guidelines for developing Community postal services, certain aspects of which nevertheless remain to be considered in detail with a view to reaching an overall agreement; 3. REAFFIRMS: that a political agreement with the full participation of both the European Parliament and the Council is the best way of encouraging the implementation of the future Community policy in the postal sector; 4. DECLARES THE FOLLOWING POINTS TO BE MAJOR POLICY GOALS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF POSTAL SERVICES IN THE COMMUNITY: ...