Translation of "Ich kann mich dem nur anschließen" in English

I can only subscribe to what Mrs Ferrero-Waldner has said.

I very much support this.

But I'm right there with him.

Julian: I can only agree.

Biffo has also been reported and I can only join in.

In this regard, I can only endorse what has already been said about this: this is smart regulation and we could do with more of it.

And I can only agree with the previous speaker in saying that I am already experiencing a certain amount of disappointment, when I hear that the current prime minister, an Islamic fundamentalist, believes that he no longer needs this customs union, this agreement with the European Union.

It would be particularly unfortunate, and here I agree with what the Commissioner said in his earlier comments on Mr Bertens' report, if the same thing were to happen in Central America as happened in Latin America, namely growth but without fair distribution.

I find this contention difficult to support, particularly in the light of the fact that there has already been a vast number of deaths, both in Ireland and across Europe from the use of ecstasy.

Reference was also made here several times to mainstreaming, and I can only agree with what has been said here that, for example, in the area of economic policy it is of absolutely major importance to start considering the gender perspective.

However, in this case I can only agree with what he said in Venice to the effect that the budget does not give any indication of the advantages which certain countries enjoy in the industrial and commercial sectors, and that an obvious possibility for savings within the agricultural policy was to be found in the monetary compensatory amounts, which currently represent 10 % subsidies to farmers in the Federal Republic.

Also I welcome the fact that both the Foundation and the Centre in Berlin have found ways of managing to separate, at the Court's request, the responsibilities of the officer who approves that expenditure should be made and the officer who approves that payments should be made — in other words the authorizing officer and the accounting officer. It is difficult with a small staff to manage this but they have done so.

There can be no exceptions to our total condemnation of any death sentence, wherever it may be passed and executed.

To turn to the substance of the issue, it is well known that Article 8b of the Treaty accords every citizen of the Union residing in a Member State of which he or she is not a national the right to vote and to stand as a candidate at municipal elections in the Member State of residence, under the same conditions as nationals of that state, and provides that the detailed arrangements for exercising that right are to be laid down by the Council, acting on a Commission proposal, with the possibility of derogations where this is warranted by problems specific to a Member State.

As the rapporteur says, acts of terrorism violate numerous fundamental rights of the individual, particularly the right to life, the right to physical integrity and the right to personal freedom.

It is thanks to European public opinion, and in particular the shrill protest of those involved in animal protection, that the very worst excesses and the most brutal types of cruelty to which horses were exposed for so long now seem to belong to the past.

I absolutely agree with Mr Kasoulides that cooperation with Russia will always be important, as it is an important partner with regard to gas supply.