Official Journal of the European Communities Debates of the European Parliament 1997/98 Session. Report of proceedings from 25 to 26 June 1997

ISSN 0378-5041 Annex Official Journal of the European Communities No 4-503 English edition Debates of the European Parliament 1997/98 Session Report of proceedings from 25 to 26 June 1997 Espace Leopold Building, Brussels General contents Sitting of Wednesday, 25 June 1997 1. Resumption of the session, p. 2 - 2. Approval of the Minutes, p. 2 -3. Welcome, p. 2 - 4. Urgent political matters, p. 2 - 5. Takeover bids, p. 8 -6. Dangerous preparations, p. 12 - 7. 1998 estimate for EP and Ombudsman, p. 17 - 8. The information society, p. 21 - 9. Imports of hormone-treated meat, p. 33 - 10. Cohesion Fund - structural funds, p. 37 - 11. Agreement with Kyrgyz Republic, p. 47-12. PHARE programme, p. 48 Sitting of Thursday, 26 June 1997 54 1. Welcome, p. 54 - 2. European Council of 16/17 June - Dutch presidency, p. 54 - 3. Votes, p. 76 - 4. Adjournment of the session, p. 87 NOTE TO READER Parallel editions will also be appearing in the following official languages of the Union: Danish, German, Greek, Spanish, French, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese, Finnish and Swedish. The English edition contains the original texts of the interventions in English and an English translation, provided by freelance translators, of those made in other languages.