"That's why I would argue that one of the priorities of this parliament should be to strengthen families, to find ways to reinforce marriage and to make sure that we reverse the trends of half-a-century and more, in order to gain that stability.
The most important lesson is to make restoring sound public finances the overriding priority of the new parliament.
And a top priority of the new parliament must be to scrap its much-abused system of travel expenses and perks, under which MEPs have claimed more generous travel costs and daily allowances than they should.
A Newspoll published by the Australian on Tuesday showed voters rated dealing with marriage equality the second-highest priority of the new parliament, behind budget repair but equal with border security.
Malmström report (A5-0060/2000) Mr President, I would like, as a matter of priority, to thank Parliament for lending its support to aid for Mongolia.
It is commonly considered a statute of 'constitutional importance', which gives it informal priority in parliament and in the courts with regards to whether later legislation can change it and the process by which this may happen.
The priority that this Parliament cannot fail to emphasise and the main crux of my report is therefore a focus on respect for human rights.
Conservative Members of Parliament argued that reform was not a priority in such a difficult economic climate.
She included ministers from each of parliament's main factions, proclaiming that "national unity will be the first priority".
But another reason may be that Mr Berlusconi has been preoccupied with other issues, particularly his own problems in court.It was a telling sign of his priorities that one of his personal lawyers, who also chairs the judicial-affairs committee in the lower house of parliament, threatened parliament's dissolution this week.
So have members of parliament.
