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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"1999-10-26"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:EC and ECSC budgets for 20002
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.19991026.2.2-069"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:1999-10-26-Speech-2-0702
lpv:speaker	lp:Bartho Pronk2
lpv:spokenAs	member; EMPL (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Christen Democratisch Appèl (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; BUDG (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Cyprus Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-10-08--2002-01-14)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Latvia Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-10-06--1999-12-09)3 member; EPP-ED (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I would like to start by saying how indebted I am to the rapporteur, who has done some sterling work in this area. He has developed a strategy that everyone can support. My colleague Mr Wynn may have feared that we would end up with a “Duke of York”-type scenario, but I feel that the whole affair is more akin to a scene from Asterix and Obelix, where Asterix has a special part to play in this case and we then have to vie with the Council, which plays the part of Julius Caesar. That is my first point. I must say that we can be satisfied with regard to Category 3, which is of particular interest to me. The rapporteur has struck the right balance here. But I would like to temper this comment with a caution to the Commissioner. I would ask that she does not start making changes to the categories when she puts her package together. We have decided most emphatically to restrict ourselves to Category 4 and if she starts on Category 3 then I think we might run into difficulties. I am very curious as to the contents of this package. I believe that the Council and in fact the Commission itself are responsible to a certain extent for the problems now facing us. The Commission because it misjudged the fisheries agreement, thereby actually reducing our margin, and of course the Council because it allowed Africa to foot the bill for the remainder. I have one more small point to make about Kosovo. It relates to a particular concern of mine besides that of the total amount to be spent on Kosovo. Of course we can consider the situation in terms of existing needs. I am completely in agreement with taking this approach. But we must also look at how much Kosovo’s economy can bear. If we were to provide assistance amounting to approximately 50% of Kosovo’s GNP – and there is a possibility of this happening if very high estimates are made – then I fear that the inflationary and other consequences for the economy would outweigh the benefits afforded by the assistance. I would ask the Commissioner to look not just at existing needs but also at the macroeconomic consequences. It is very clear that this is what happened at the time of the Marshall Plan. That is when it all started. We should also look very closely at this matter in the case of Kosovo, and we must learn from our experiences in Bosnia as far as that is concerned."@en1

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