article cxxi of the lisbon treaty is for the first time being used to push through structural reforms in that country. the good people of greece now find themselves that between iraq and a hard place and it becomes very clear that the country-- does this mean you are sending your officials to sort out the financial situation that you can now redress but only as the governor of greece? if the measures your officials putting greece don't work, do you have a plan b? if so, if it agrees to use the eurozone and friendly cert you intend to send in your officials to other countries suffering hardship, for example portugal, spain and italy? thank you. >> thank you very much but i would like to explain to our topic is implementation of the new treaty and respect the fundamental rights. so, please keep to this topic. are you ready to give an answer? >> i try to be always ready at her request of members of of the parliament mr. president. your question mr. distinguished member of parliament, comes out of an assumption that is not correct. that is because greece is having some problems. in fact,

this is now recognized by the lisbon treaty as one of the goals of the european union. in the new 2020 strategy that i presented some time ago we make it clear that the collision will remain a central feature of our proposals and we want to have all the time and consideration of the policies. and this is part of the dialogue with the regional and policy authorities. i also mentioned in the document i just referred to i also mentioned the need to consult for instance the region's. >> [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: -- before, mr. president. i would like to raise a piece of the metal will expedite recently visited scotland and perched a boy who wants to raise [inaudible] this relates to the first speaker was saying about eritrea. the family martyred eritrea for being christian, the persecution of christians is a subject of a lawyer familiar with. he managed to escape to italy and in scotland where allison and robert took her and cared for her and looked after her as their own daughter. she is now 17. she is facing deportation back to italy where she first sough

this is now recognized by the lisbon treaty as one of the goals of the european union.new 2020 strategy that i presented some time ago we make it clear that the collision will remain a central feature of our proposals and we want to have all the time and consideration of the policies. and this is part of the dialogue with the regional and policy authorities. i also mentioned in the document i just referred to i also mentioned the need to consult for instance the region's. >> [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: -- before, mr. president. i would like to raise a piece of the metal will expedite recently visited scotland and perched a boy who wants to raise [inaudible] this relates to the first speaker was saying about eritrea. the family martyred eritrea for being christian, the persecution of christians is a subject of a lawyer familiar with. he managed to escape to italy and in scotland where allison and robert took her and cared for her and looked after her as their own daughter. she is now 17. she is facing deportation back to italy where she first sought asylum

this is now recognized by the lisbon treaty as one of the goals of the european union. in the new 2020 strategy that i presented some time ago we make it clear that the collision will remain a central feature of our proposals and we want i also mentioned in that document i just referred to the need to consult a committee of regents. >> catherine please. >> thank you. a live like to raise an issue about fundamental rights. -- i would like to raise an issue about fundamental rights. i was approached by a boy named douglas who read a case that relates to what the first speaker is saying. he and his family were persecuted for being christian. the persecution of christians is a subject i know you are familiar with, and he managed to escape to italy and glasgow in scotland where someone cared for him and looked out for her as their own daughter. if she is facing deportation back to italy where she first sought asylum, and we are doing all weekend to appeal to those who can help her. she asked to be kept in a loving care of her foster parents. this was mentioned in media scotl

such a mechanism would be in conformance with the lisbon treaty. it will include stringent conditionality. they are ready to propose a framework for coordinated assistance which will require the area of euro member states. this is what i can tell you about greece and about our response for euro area stability. regarding the proposals of the 2020 i don't see any need to change it. we have put them forward. they are not going to be discussed by the council and we hope it will be a very fruitful discussion. >> thank you. [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: i'm not entirely satisfied. the %uestion is that taxpayers money is being used to engage in speculation against a greek state. i mean, this money comes in part from german banks and nothing is happening. we hearing talks some other measures are going to be adopted. i'm disappointed by the fact so little is being done. to prevent, to ban things from things happening in the e.u. to put a stop to speculation so that we really can concentrate on growth. >> regarding speculation, let's be clear th

and i'm hoping to see a decision taken toward the time of the summit, which is in lisbon in november.so it's very much an active conversation. i don't want to pre-judge the political decisions of the nations, but it's certainly on the agenda. >> all right. from what you know, can you say there seems to be a positive response to it? >> i think overall, that would be fair to say. >> thank you very much, senator mccain. >> thank you very much. mr. chairman, admiral, are we -- as i understand the president's proposal was that we would be adding approximately 30,000 troops and our allies including in and out of nato would be adding an additional 10,000. >> yes, sir. >> how are we on track for that 10,000? >> sir, we're in pretty good shape. we're at 9,500. and if i can get the additional 700 trainers that i just talked to the chairman about, then that would put us over the 10,000 mark overall. >> does that include the 2000 dutch troops that are scheduled to leave? >> no, sir, it does not. >> so you're really talking about 7,500, you don't have any illusion about the dutch troops remaining,

may time frame and i'm hoping to see a decision taken towards the time of the summit, which is then lisbon in november. so it's very an active conversation. i don't want to prejudge the political decisions of the nations but it's certainly on the agenda. >> from what you know, can you say there seems to be a positive response to it? >> i think overall that would be fair to say. >> thank you, very much. senator mccain. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. admiral, as i understand the president's proposal was that we would be adding approximately 30,000 troops and our allies including in and out of nato would be adding an additional 10,000. be my guest, sir. how are we on track for the 10,000? >> we are at 9500. and if i can get the additional 700 trainers. i just talked to the trainers that would put us over the 10,000 mark overall. >> now does that increase the 2000 dutch troops that are scheduled to leave? >> no, sir. it does not. >> so you're really talking about 7500. >> my senses listening to the political dialogue out of the netherlands that they will be leaving. >> right, so we are

know the creation of the common external service is one of the most important innovations of the lisbon treaty. the service will assure the coherence of our foreign policy through the high representative. it will allow member states to participate more and to have, be more and more involved in the area of common foreign and security policy, so it's not putting this in the intergovernmental arena. quite the contrary. an agreement was given to the creation of the service by the parliament. we had a, we will have a meeting at the college next thursday. we would like to have a strong european service that will be a strategic coordinating instrument that will allow for expeditious exchange between member states and the other institutions in this area. this will be under the responsibility under the high representative, and we, of course, must answer to the european parliament and look at all of the aspects of h service. >> translator: thank you very much. the progress alliance of social democrats, mr. schwartz. >> translator: thank you, president. mr. barroso, the euro crisis was unleashed b

and i'm hoping to see a decision taken toward the time of the summit, which is in lisbon in november.o it's very much an active conversation. i don't want to pre-judge the political decisions of the nations, but it's certainly on the agenda. >> all right. from what you know, can you say there seems to be a positive response to it? >> i think overall, that would be fair to say. >> thank you very much, senator mccain. >> thank you very much. mr. chairman, admiral, are we -- as i understand the president's proposal was that we would be adding approximately 30,000 troops and our allies including in and out of nato would be adding an additional 10,000. >> yes, sir. >> how are we on track for that 10,000? >> sir, we're in pretty good shape. we're at 9,500. and if i can get the additional 700 trainers that i just talked to the chairman about, then that would put us over the 10,000 mark overall. >> does that include the 2000 dutch troops that are scheduled to leave? >> no, sir, it does not. >> so you're really talking about 7,500, you don't have any illusion about the dutch troops remaining,

not satisfied with where we are, because i think there's been changes going on in europe with host lisbon there was a desire on the part of the europeans to, you know, kind of take care of their own business first but we're keeping them focused on the balkans. we have a lot of work to do, and we don't want to see any moves to break up bosnia. and we worry about that a lot. this is a long list of concerns, but the nato peace of that i am watching very closely because i share your concerns that we won't bosnia herzegovina to feel like they are welcome. and they may not be there yet, but with a little bit more effort they could be. >> thank you. i appreciate that. and let me just be clear when i was referring to concern over enlargement fatigue in the e.u., it wasn't just in bosnia-herzegovina that we heard that. it was in serbia and the other parts of the balkans. so i think that is a very real concern, and one that we should continue to pursue with our friends in the e.u. with respect tomato, as i said i very much appreciate the speech that you gave recently on the nato. as the strategic c