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Association of Accredited Lobbyists to the European Parliament
ASSOCIATION OF ACCREDITED LOBBYISTS TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT OVERVIEW OF EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT FORUMS AALEP Secretariat Date: October 2007 Avenue Milcamps 19 B-1030 Brussels Tel: 32 2 735 93 39 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.lobby-network.eu TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction………………………………………………………………..3 Executive Summary……………………………………………………….4-7 1. European Energy Forum (EEF)………………………………………..8-16 2. European Internet Forum (EIF)………………………………………..17-27 3. European Parliament Ceramics Forum (EPCF………………………...28-29 4. European Parliamentary Financial Services Forum (EPFSF)…………30-36 5. European Parliament Life Sciences Circle (ELSC)……………………37 6. Forum for Automobile and Society (FAS)…………………………….38-43 7. Forum for the Future of Nuclear Energy (FFNE)……………………..44 8. Forum in the European Parliament for Construction (FOCOPE)……..45-46 9. Pharmaceutical Forum…………………………………………………48-60 10.The Kangaroo Group…………………………………………………..61-70 11.Transatlantic Policy Network (TPN)…………………………………..71-79 Conclusions………………………………………………………………..80 Index of Listed Companies………………………………………………..81-90 Index of Listed MEPs……………………………………………………..91-96 Most Active MEPs participating in Business Forums…………………….97 2 INTRODUCTION Businessmen long for certainty. They long to know what the decision-makers are thinking, so they can plan ahead. They yearn to be in the loop, to have the drop on things. It is the genius of the lobbyists and the consultants to understand this need, and to satisfy it in the most imaginative way. Business forums are vehicles for forging links and maintain a dialogue with business, industrial and trade organisations. They allow the discussions of general and pre-legislative issues in a different context from lobbying contacts about specific matters. They provide an opportunity to get Members of the European Parliament and other decision-makers from the European institutions together with various business sectors. -
5. Fight Against Terrorism (Debate)
C 124 E/16EN Official Journal of the European Union 25.5.2006 Tuesday 7 June 2005 — Alain Lipietz, Monica Frassoni, Friedrich-Wilhelm Graefe zu Baringdorf, Raül Romeva i Rueda and Eva Lichtenberger, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on the situation in Bolivia (B6-0365/2005); — Jonas Sjöstedt, Helmuth Markov, Luisa Morgantini, Vittorio Agnoletto, Ilda Figueiredo and Athana- sios Pafilis, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on the situation in Bolivia (B6-0367/2005); — Fernando Fernández Martín, José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra and Bernd Posselt, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, on the situation in Bolivia (B6-0376/2005). II. FREEDOM OF THE PRESS IN ALGERIA — Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on Algeria (B6-0359/2005); — Pasqualina Napoletano and Raimon Obiols i Germà, on behalf of the PSE Group, on freedom of the press in Algeria (B6-0363/2005); — Hélène Flautre and Raül Romeva i Rueda, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on freedom of the press in Algeria (B6-0366/2005); — Francis Wurtz, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on freedom of the press in Algeria (B6-0368/2005); — Ģirts Valdis Kristovskis, on behalf of the UEN Group, on freedom of the press in Algeria (B6-0380/2005); — Luisa Fernanda Rudi Ubeda, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, on freedom of the press in Algeria (B6-0381/2005). III. AZERBAIJAN — Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on Azerbaijan (B6-0360/2005); — Pasqualina Napoletano, Hannes Swoboda and Jan Marinus Wiersma, on behalf of the PSE Group, on Azerbaijan (B6-0364/2005); — Vittorio Agnoletto, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on the situation in Azerbaijan (B6-0369/2005); — Charles Tannock, Vytautas Landsbergis, Árpád Duka-Zólyomi and Bernd Posselt, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, on Azerbaijan (B6-0375/2005); — Bastiaan Belder, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, on Azerbaijan (B6-0378/2005); — Marie Anne Isler Béguin and Cem Özdemir, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on Azerbaijan (B6-0379/2005); — Anna Elzbieta Fotyga, on behalf of the UEN Group, on human rights and democracy in Azerbaijan (B6-0382/2005). -
Afet Pv(2009)0901 1
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT 2009 - 2014 Committee on Foreign Affairs AFET_PV(2009)0901_1 MINUTES Meeting of 1 September 2009, from 15:00 to 18:30, and 2 September 2009, from 09:00 to 12:30 and from 15:00 to 18:30 BRUSSELS The meeting opened at 15:10 on Tuesday 1 September 2009, with Gabriele Albertini (Chair) in the chair. 1. Adoption of agenda AFET_OJ (2009)0901_01v03-00 The revised draft agenda was adopted in the form shown in these minutes. 2. Approval of minutes of the meetings of: 16 July 2009 PV – PE427.151v01-00 21 July 2009 PV – PE427.176v01-00 Decision: the minutes were approved. 3. Chairman’s announcements • the hearing of Commissioner-Designate Karel de GUCHT was taking place in parallel with the meeting; the Committee on Foreign Affairs was represented by Mr Fiorello Provera, 1st Vice-Chairperson and Ms Heidi Hautala, Chairperson of the Subcommittee on Human Rights, • the Chairman would have his first meeting with the High Representative for the CFSP, Javier SOLANA on Thursday, 3 September 2009 and would debrief the Enlarged Bureau at its next meeting, • the Chairman announced that he would be participating in the meeting of the PV\788923EN.doc PE427.984v01-00 EN United in diversity EN Conference of the Chairs of the EU Foreign Affairs Committees on Monday, 7 September 2009 in Gotland, organized by the Swedish Presidency. 4. Any other business 5. Exchange of views with Pieter Feith, EU Special Representative in Kosovo Speakers: Doris Pack, Hannes Swoboda, Graham Watson, Ulrike Lunacek, Geoffrey Van Orden, Nikolaos Chountis, Marietta Giannakou, Zoran Thaler, Pino Arlacchi, Georgios Koumoutsakos, Ana Gomes, Richard Howitt, Johannes Cornelis van Baalen, Evgeni Kirilov, Jelko Kacin, María Paloma Muñiz De Urquiza Decision: request to send an ad-hoc delegation to the municipal elections in Kosovo on 15 November 2009 to be submitted to CoP. -
11. Explanations of Vote 12. Corrections to Votes
C 77 E/90 Official Journal of the European Union EN 26.3.2004 Wednesday 24 September 2003 11. Explanations of vote Written explanations of vote: Explanations of vote submitted in writing under Rule 137(3) appear in the verbatim report of proceedings for this sitting. Oral explanations of vote: Report McCarthy A5-0238/2003: Nuala Ahern, Brian Crowley, Hiltrud Breyer, Jean-Maurice Dehousse, Daniela Raschhofer Report Jonckheer A5-0302/2003: Agnes Schierhuber Report Andersson A5-0259/2003: Carlo Fatuzzo, Francesco Enrico Speroni Report Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado and Tsatsos A5-0299/2003: Carles-Alfred Gasòliba i Böhm, Jean-Maurice Dehousse, Bernd Posselt, Francesco Enrico Speroni, Robert Goebbels 12. Corrections to votes Corrections to votes were submitted by the following Members: Report Brok A5-0306/2003 amendment 10 for: Paul Coûteaux, Fodé Sylla against: Marie Anne Isler Béguin, Lissy Gröner, W.G. van Velzen amendment 4 for: Fodé Sylla abstention: Walter Veltroni, Philip Claeys, Koenraad Dillen recommendation against: Fodé Sylla abstention: Geneviève Fraisse Report McCarthy A5-0238/2003 amendments 52, 54/rev and 68 (identical) against: Christa Klaß amendment 69 for: Klaus Hänsch, Marie-Thérèse Hermange, Olga Zrihen, Othmar Karas against: Hans-Gert Poettering, Godelieve Quisthoudt-Rowohl amendments 55/rev, 97 and 108 (identical) for: Marie Anne Isler Béguin, Pervenche Berès, Hubert Pirker, Olga Zrihen article 4, paragraph 1 amendment 16 cp against: Béatrice Patrie, Bernard Poignant, Othmar Karas, Michel Rocard article 4, paragraph -
En En ***I Report
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT 2009 - 2014 Plenary sitting A7-0034/2013 7.2.2013 ***I REPORT on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on procurement by entities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors (COM(2011)0895 – C7-0007/2012– 2011/0439(COD)) Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection Rapporteur: Marc Tarabella RR\926628EN.doc PE483.470v03-00 EN United in diversity EN PR_COD_1amCom Symbols for procedures * Consultation procedure *** Consent procedure ***I Ordinary legislative procedure (first reading) ***II Ordinary legislative procedure (second reading) ***III Ordinary legislative procedure (third reading) (The type of procedure depends on the legal basis proposed by the draft act.) Amendments to a draft act In amendments by Parliament, amendments to draft acts are highlighted in bold italics. Highlighting in normal italics is an indication for the relevant departments showing parts of the draft act which may require correction when the final text is prepared – for instance, obvious errors or omissions in a language version. Suggested corrections of this kind are subject to the agreement of the departments concerned. The heading for any amendment to an existing act that the draft act seeks to amend includes a third line identifying the existing act and a fourth line identifying the provision in that act that Parliament wishes to amend. Passages in an existing act that Parliament wishes to amend, but that the draft act has left unchanged, are highlighted in bold. Any deletions that Parliament wishes to make in such passages are indicated thus: [...]. PE483.470v03-00 2/296 RR\926628EN.doc EN CONTENTS Page DRAFT EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION................................ -
0906 1 Протокол Извънредно Заседание От 6 Септември 2010
ЕВРОПЕЙСКИ ПАРЛАМЕНТ 2009 - 2014 Комисия по външни работи AFET_PV(2010)0906_1 ПРОТОКОЛ Извънредно заседание от 6 септември 2010 г., 19.00 ч.-20.30 ч. СТРАСБУРГ Заседанието беше открито на 6 септември 2010 г., понеделник, в 19.05 ч., под председателството на Gabriele Albertini (председател). 1. Приемане на дневния ред AFET_OJ (2010)0906_1v01 Дневният ред се приема във вида, отразен в настоящия протокол. 2. Съобщения на председателя *** Електронно гласуване *** 3. Позиция на Парламента относно проектобюджета за 2011 г. във вида, в който е изменен от Съвета – всички раздели AFET/7/01923 2010/2001(BUD) 12699/2010 – C7-0202/2010 Докладчик по José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra PA – PE445.946v01-00 становище: (PPE) AM – PE445.959v01-00 Водеща: BUDG – Sidonia Elżbieta Jędrzejewska DT – PE445.756v01-00 (PPE) DT – PE439.387v01-00 Helga Trüpel (Verts/ALE) DT – PE443.001v01-00 DT – PE439.064v01-00 DT – PE440.041v01-00 DT – PE439.848v02-00 Приети изменения (бюджетни изменения): 5040, 5012, 5013, 5014, 5039, 5015, 5041, 5072, 5038, 5017, 5035, 5023, 5024, 5025, 5008, 5049, 5026, 5006, 5068, 5028, 5033, 5007, 5011, 5004, 5009, 5069, 5005, 5010, 5080, 5037, 5055, 5043, 5061, 5062, 5029, 5063, 5021, 5030, 5031, 5032, 5065, 5066, 5067, 5081, 5022. PV\829024BG.doc PE448.641v01-00 BG Единство в многообразието BG Приети изменения (проектостановище): 2, 4, 5, 7. Измененото проектостановище беше прието с 40 гласа "за", 6 гласа"против" и 4 гласа "въздържал се". 4. Изменение на Регламент (ЕО) № 539/2001 за определяне на третите страни, чиито граждани трябва да притежават виза, когато преминават външните граници на държавите-членки, както и тези, чиито граждани се освободени от това изискване AFET/7/03030 ***I 2010/0137(COD) COM(2010)0256 – C7-0134/2010 Докладчик по Baroness Sarah Ludford (ALDE) PA – PE445.622v01-00 становище: Водеща: LIBE – Tanja Fajon (S&D) PR – PE445.748v01-00 Становището беше прието без изменения с 41 гласа „за“, 2 „против“ и 3 „въздържал се“ *** Край на електронното гласуване *** 5. -
Croatia in the European Union – Enlargement of the European Union to the Southeast of Europe
International Conference In co-operation with the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs Croatia in the European Union – Enlargement of the European Union to the Southeast of Europe Pula, October 26 – 28, 2012. PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME Participation of the invited speakers must be confirmed. Changes in the programme are still possible. Friday, October 26, 2012 Premises: Dom hrvatskih branitelja, Leharova 1, Pula 14.00 – 15.30 Registration of participants 15.30 – 17.00 Opening ceremony and welcoming addresses Pavo Barišić, President of the Croatian PEU Stanko Mališa, President of the Istrian Branch of the Croatian PEU Ivan Milovan, Bishop of the Diocese Poreč-Pula Boris Miletić, Mayor of the City of Pula Ivan Jakovčić, Prefect of the Istria County Alain Terrenoire, President of the International PEU Zoran Milanović, President of the Government of the Republic of Croatia Ivo Josipović, President of the Republic of Croatia 17.00 – 17.30 Coffee break 17.30 – 19.30 I. Croatia in the EU – Enlargement of the EU to the Southeast of Europe Vesna Pusić, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of the Republic of Croatia Genc Pollo, Minister for Innovation and Information Technology of the Republic of Albania Doris Pack, Member of the European Parliament Anna Záborská, Member of the European Parliament P A N E U R O P A C R O A T I A I N N E C E S S A R I I S U N I T A S – I N D U B I I S L I B E R T A S – I N O M N I B U S C A R I T A S Franjo Topić, Member of the Presidency of the International PEU Walburga von Habsburg Douglas, Acting Vice-President of the International PEU Mislav Ježić, Vice-President of the International PEU 19.30 – 20.00 Lecture on the occasion of the 200th birth anniversary of the Istrian bishop and benefactor Juraj Dobrila Marko Trogrlić, President of the Split Branch of the Croatian PEU 20.00 - 23.00 Reception by the Mayor of the City of Pula Musical programme and dinner Saturday, October 27, 2012 09.00 – 11.00 II. -
Strenghtening European Social Democracy
Brochure_roundtable_sd_EN:Mise en page 1 11/5/10 5:41 PM Page 1 STRENGTHENING EUROPEAN SOCIAL S&D GROUP ROUND TABLE DEBATES DEMOCRACY MAY & JUNE 2010 Brochure_roundtable_sd_EN:Mise en page 1 11/5/10 5:41 PM Page 2 PARTICIPANTS Juan Fernando López Aguilar Head of Delegation Spain Kader Arif Coordinator S&D Group France Henning Meyer Social Europe journal Germany Kriton Arsenis MEP Greece Miguel Ángel Martínez Martínez EP Vice-President Spain Maria Badia I Cutchet S&D Group Vice-President Spain Kyriakos Mavronikolas Head of Delegation Cyprus Thijs Berman Head of Delegation Netherlands Jelena Milinovic S&D Trainee Serbia Janna Besamusca Ecosy Secretary General Netherlands Alexander Mirsky Head of Delegation Latvia Antony Beumer S&D Group Secretariat Netherlands Javier Moreno GPF Secretary General Spain Henrik Bokor Facebook debate Sweden Anne Muxel Academic Speaker France David Capezzuto PES secretariat Italy Katarina Nevedalová MEP Slovakia Anna Colombo S&D Group Secr. General Italy Justas Vincas Paleckis Head of Delegation Lithuania Philip Cordery PES Secretary General France Ivari Padar Head of Delegation Estonia Massimo D’Alema FEPS President/speaker Italy Jan Pronk Professor/Speaker Netherlands Vasilica Viorica Dăncilă Head of Delegation Romania Kévin Pusieux Facebook debate France Jacki Davis Moderator UK Bernhard Rapkay Head of Delegation Germany Véronique De Keyser S&D Group Vice-President Belgium Poul Nyrup Rasmussen PES Pres./Speaker Denmark Proinsias De Rossa Head of Delegation Ireland Maria Joao Rodrigues PES special advisor Portugal Saîd El Khadraoui MEP Belgium Libor Roucek EP Vice-President Czech Rep. Edite Estrela Head of Delegation Portugal David-Maria Sassoli Head of Delegation Italy Monika Flašíková Beňová S&D Group Vice-President Slovakia Martin Schulz S&D Group President Germany Krisztian Gal Facebook debate Hungary Adrian Severin S&D Group Vice-Pres. -
A5-0123/2000
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ««« « « « « 1999 « « 2004 ««« Session document FINAL A5-0123/2000 19 April 2000 REPORT on the Commission working document entitled 'Towards common standards on asylum procedures' (SEC(1999) 271 – C5-0157/1999 - 1999/2148(COS)) Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs Rapporteur: Ingo Schmitt RR\411473EN.doc 1/24 PE 285.900 EN EN CONTENTS Page PROCEDURAL PAGE ..............................................................................................................4 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION .............................................................................................5 EXPLANATORY STATEMENT............................................................................................10 OPINION OF THE COMMITTEE ON LEGAL AFFAIRS AND THE INTERNAL MARKET..........................................................................................17 RR\411473EN.doc 2/24 PE 285.900 EN EN PROCEDURAL PAGE By letter of 5 March 1999 the Commission forwarded to Parliament its working document entitled 'Towards common standards on asylum procedures' (SEC(1999)0271 - 1999/2148(COS)). At the sitting of 4 October 1999 the President of Parliament announced that she had referred the working document to the Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs as the committee responsible and the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy and the Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market for their opinions (C5-0157/99). The Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs appointed Ingo Schmitt rapporteur at its meeting of 25 October 1999. It considered the working document and the draft report at its meetings of 27 January 2000, 23 February 2000, 4 April 2000 and 18 April 2000. At the last meeting it adopted the motion for a resolution by 27 votes to 4, with 4 abstentions. The following were present for the vote: Graham R. -
European Parliament
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT GGG G G G G 1999 G G 2004 G G G Session document FINAL A5-0121/2004 26 February 2004 * REPORT on the proposal for a Council directive amending Directive 90/434/EEC of 23 July 1990 on the common system of taxation applicable to mergers, divisions, transfers of assets and exchanges of shares concerning companies of different Member States (COM(2003) 613 – C5-0506/2003 – 2003/0239(CNS)) Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs Rapporteur: Othmar Karas RR\333088EN.doc PE 333.088 EN EN PR_CNS_am Symbols for procedures * Consultation procedure majority of the votes cast **I Cooperation procedure (first reading) majority of the votes cast **II Cooperation procedure (second reading) majority of the votes cast, to approve the common position majority of Parliament’s component Members, to reject or amend the common position *** Assent procedure majority of Parliament’s component Members except in cases covered by Articles 105, 107, 161 and 300 of the EC Treaty and Article 7 of the EU Treaty ***I Codecision procedure (first reading) majority of the votes cast ***II Codecision procedure (second reading) majority of the votes cast, to approve the common position majority of Parliament’s component Members, to reject or amend the common position ***III Codecision procedure (third reading) majority of the votes cast, to approve the joint text (The type of procedure depends on the legal basis proposed by the Commission) Amendments to a legislative text In amendments by Parliament, amended text is highlighted in bold italics. Highlighting in normal italics is an indication for the relevant departments showing parts of the legislative text for which a correction is proposed, to assist preparation of the final text (for instance, obvious errors or omissions in a given language version). -
13. Guidelines for Future European Union Policy to Support Research (Debate)
C 320 E/76 Official Journal of the European Union EN 15.12.2005 Wednesday 9 March 2005 Question 5 (Agustín Díaz de Mera García Consuegra): Process of regularisation of immigrants in Spain. Nicolas Schmit answered the question and supplementaries by Agustín Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Antonio Masip Hidalgo and Joseph Muscat. Question 6 (Giorgos Dimitrakopoulos): The Single European Sky and Kosovo. Nicolas Schmit answered the question and a supplementary by Bernd Posselt (deputising for the author). Question 7 (Claude Moraes): Justice and Home Affairs report on football hooliganism. Nicolas Schmit answered the question and supplementaries by Claude Moraes and Christopher Heaton- Harris. Question 8 (Johan Van Hecke): Human rights violations in Uganda. Nicolas Schmit answered the question and a supplementary by Johan Van Hecke. Question 9 (Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou): Visit by President Bush and transatlantic relations. Nicolas Schmit answered the question and supplementaries by Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou and David Martin. Question 10 (Bart Staes): Cooperation within the budgetary authority regarding the allocation of the USD 1,2 billion resulting from the agreement between the European Commission and Philip Morris. Nicolas Schmit answered the question and a supplementary by Bart Staes. Question 11 (Bill Newton Dunn): Fighting organised crime. Nicolas Schmit answered the question and a supplementary by Bill Newton Dunn. Question 12 (Hans-Peter Martin): Conduct of meetings. Nicolas Schmit answered the question and a supplementary by Hans-Peter Martin. Question 13 (James Hugh Allister): Special EU Programmes Body. Nicolas Schmit answered the question and a supplementary by James Hugh Allister. Question 14 (Antonios Trakatellis): Civil protection and cooperation as part of Euro-Mediterranean partner- ship arrangements. -
Jede Stimme Zählt Nordrhein-Westfalen Vor Den Kommunalwahlen Und Nach Der Europawahl
SCHWERPUNKTPLENUM Jede Stimme zählt Nordrhein-Westfalen vor den Kommunalwahlen und nach der Europawahl Juni 2009 – „Das Volk bekundet seinen Willen durch Wahl, Volksbegehren und Volksentscheid.“ So steht es in Artikel 2 der NRW-Landesverfassung. Gleich dreimal können die Wählerinnen und Wähler im „Super-Wahljahr 2009“ zur Urne schreiten und mit ihren Stimmen die Politik von morgen bestimmen. Nach den Wahlen zum Europäischen Parlament im Mai und vor der Bundestagswahl Ende September stehen am 30. August 2009 die Kommunalwahlen bevor. Die politischen Akteure in den Kommunen und auch auf Landesebene können gespannt sein, wie sich die Wählerinnen und Wähler entscheiden werden. In 23 kreisfreien Städten, in 373 kreisangehöri- zusammenlegen wollten, sehen CDU und FDP te 4,6 Prozent, und alle anderen Parteien lagen gen Gemeinden sowie in 31 Kreisen werden am die Bedeutung der Kommunalwahlen durch den bei 1 Prozent der Stimmen oder darunter. 30. August die Mitglieder der kommunalen Ver- separaten Termin gestärkt, da sich dann die Bür- 18 Abgeordnete aus NRW werden dem tretungen auf die nächsten fünf Jahre gewählt. gerinnen und Bürger verstärkt mit kommunalen Europäischen Parlament bis zur nächsten Eu- Zugleich finden – bis auf wenige Ausnahmen Themen beschäftigen würden. Nachdem der ropawahl im Jahr 2014 angehören. Insgesamt – fast landesweit die Direktwahlen der (Ober-) nordrhein-westfälische Verfassungsgerichtshof stellt Deutschland 99 von 736 Abgeordne- Bürgermeisterinnen und (Ober-)Bürgermeis- in Münster erst vor wenigen Wochen, Ende Mai, ten. Im Folgenden die vorläufigen amtlichen ter sowie der Landrätinnen und Landräte statt. den 30. August als Wahltermin bestätigt hat, steht Ergebnisse. sw/cw Nachdem der Landtag Nordrhein-Westfalen den Kandidatinnen und Kandidaten um kom- im Herbst 2007 die Gemeindeordnung geän- munalpolitische Ämter ein kurzer, aber sicher- dert hat, werden die Bürgermeisterinnen und lich nicht minder engagierter Wahlkampf bevor.