Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-01-19-Speech-3-028"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-01-19"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Action programme of the Portuguese Presidency including the situation in Angola2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20000119.2.3-028"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-01-19-Speech-3-0292
lpv:speaker	lp:Jean-Claude Martinez2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Front national (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3,3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of South America and MERCOSUR (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3,3 substitute; CONT (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3,3 member; AGRI (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3,3 member; TGI (1999-07-20--2001-10-02)3,3
lpv:translated text	"Mr Gama, we are delighted that you hold the first presidency of the new millennium. This is because in Brussels, in light of the events in Timor and Macao, you informed Europe that its fate could be as an organisation of the past without any future. The opportunity afforded by the timetable gives you a role you are familiar with, as your namesake, Vasco de Gama, was also an explorer. You are to start preparations for the IGC, but first you must deal with some other outstanding issues. For example, there is the cooperation agreement with South Africa and the special agreement on wine. Port, ouzo, grappa and sherry are being pirated by South Africa which refuses to respect its undertaking. What are you going to do? Another issue to be dealt with is the euro which is working as a common currency. So why change something which works? With VAT, the transitional period has been extended. Why not do the same for the euro? Among the new issues is the employment summit in March. If we do not fight against excessive globalisation, immigration and taxation, these problems will not be solved, unless we wait for a miracle of Fatima. What are you going to do in this respect? Then there is the Intergovernmental Conference. We anxiously await its results, particularly as some want to move towards establishing a European Public Prosecutor’s Office. You are going to make justice a priority, yet you have in your country the murderer, Sid Ahmed Rezala, who France allowed to escape and Spain released. We will closely monitor the decision you take regarding him. Finally there is the opening up to the East. In the West, Europe starts with you but how far east will it go? To the border with Iran, to the Caucasus, from Lisbon to Moscow? You must ask some solid questions on all these issues, Mr Gama. We will see whether your French socialist comrades who will assume the presidency after you can provide some solid answers."@en1

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