general political guidelines

It decides on the general political guidelines of the Party and presides over the Political Assembly.

I feel the Council should confine itself to defining the general political guidelines of the Union and should not intervene in the questions of specific detail.

It is an institution that deals with very important issues and any decisions made are "a major impetus in defining the general political guidelines of the European Union".

We believe that progress on the Single Market Act falls under the scope of the European Union's general political guidelines mentioned in the Treaty.

The recommendations stressed, therefore, that the main task of the European Council should be to provide the necessary impetus for the Union' s development and to define general political guidelines.

Mr President, the Corbett report on the revision of the European Parliament's Rules of Procedure introduces some technical improvements, but it follows three general political guidelines that we do not support.

This change in policy does, however, also mean that decisions will have to be taken and that it is not sufficient merely to administer immigration by hiding behind general political guidelines, or, in the words of the rapporteur, on the basis of the cornerstones of immigration policy.

On this basis, in the middle of March the spring European Council will produce some general political guidelines and at the beginning of April the Commission, with these guidelines in mind, will present its guidelines which will include both the broad guidelines of economic policy and the employment guidelines.