Le compromis consistait uniquement à insérer après les termes "d'une violation grave", les termes "et persistante" en anglais et en allemand.
The only point of the compromise amendment was to add the word "continuing" in English or "anhaltend" in German to "serious" , which is "schwerwiegend" in the German version.
En ce qui concerne les conditions politiques, la Commission a l'intention d'informer le Parlement aussi rapidement que possible, dans le cas où la Commission viendrait à interrompre un programme en raison d'une violation grave des droits de l'homme.
As regards the political conditions, it is the Commission's intention that the European Parliament will be informed as quickly as possible if the Commission temporarily suspends a programme on account of serious violations of human rights.
Je terminerai en demandant de réfléchir, dans le cadre de la CIG, à la possible modification du traité d' Amsterdam, notamment de l' article 7 qui vise à sanctionner un État membre coupable "d' une violation grave et persistante" des libertés et droits fondamentaux.
Let me conclude by asking for consideration to be given, in the framework of the IGC, to possibly amending the Treaty of Amsterdam, specifically its Article 7 which concerns action against any Member State guilty of a "serious and persistent breach" of fundamental freedoms and rights.