But Council insiders recognized that the threat, while not empty, represented more of a public-relations gesture than a genuine fiscal strategy.

Admittedly, it was possible to hold another Euro-Mediterranean conference during the French Presidency, but this meeting produced few decisions and, above all, no genuine strategy.

The next priority is the adoption by the Member States of genuine strategies for the promotion of lifelong learning, particularly among disadvantaged sections of society.

We trust that we will have the Commission's support on this measure, which can help to draw up a genuine European strategy for adapting to current climate change.

This experimental move will constitute the first stage in the establishment of a genuine global European strategy on globalisation.

(DE) Mr President, the proposal adopted today is a further, if still somewhat tentative, step towards a genuine strategy for integrating the Roma.

However, my impression is that this 2020 project, and in particular the way in which we are to negotiate and finalise it here, does not involve any genuine strategy.

For the EU to be a credible climate leader, at Cancún it should promote a genuine strategy of climate protection and not create new loopholes.

I particularly approve the report's emphasis on the need for a genuine European strategy whose main elements are at present in the form of partnership agreements.

For the last year, for the first time, we have had a genuine European strategy on employment, which is starting to prove its worth.