This led some members of the SDA's Council to question whether he was able to properly fulfil his role of Chairman of the alliance.

Councillor Dan Vandal, a frequent critic of Katz, said that the city should have access to its financial records to determine if it was properly fulfilling its role as a non-profit corporation.

This Bill is aimed at those few who do not properly fulfil their responsibilities for the animals in their charge.

At a time when, in all our countries, our fundamental freedoms are increasingly undermined by security policies, we regret that the European Parliament is not properly fulfilling its role of safeguarding fundamental rights and freedoms.

It is important that the European Parliament has the necessary budget to properly fulfil the mandate which has been given to it from the European people.

This also illustrates the fact that we are not properly fulfilling our role as legislators.

Also, given that we are discussing VAT rates within the EU, Parliament should properly fulfil its role as representative of the EU's citizens.

The diversity of circumstances across the European Union in the agricultural sectors clearly requires due consideration in the new common agricultural policy, which must be tailored to properly fulfil its purpose.

This means that the infringement procedure is not properly fulfilling its important role of identifying barriers, consequently making it more difficult to achieve our aim - and yours - of a single market which operates seamlessly.

"Do you feel," a woman reporter asked, "that you are capable of properly fulfilling the heavy responsibilities that you have just assumed?"