Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-10-03-Speech-2-036"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-10-03"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Preparation for the informal European Council in Biarritz of 13/14 October/Charter of Fundamental Rights2
dcterms:Language	"sv"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20001003.2.2-036"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-10-03-Speech-2-0372
lpv:speaker	lp:Cecilia Malmström2
lpv:spokenAs	member; AFCO (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Folkpartiet liberalerna (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 vice-chair; Delegation to the EU-Hungary Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Latvia Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3 member_of_the_bureau; ELDR (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, the meeting in Biarritz is the half-time point in the struggle for a new Treaty. Unfortunately, the match has so far been goalless and not very exciting. The people of Europe are waiting impatiently for results. The candidate countries are waiting for positive signals showing that the way to membership of the Union is, despite everything, becoming shorter. In the Member States, we are all waiting for the Council of Ministers to show the political courage and will really to reform current cooperation. It is difficult at present to see whether that will is to be found. The negotiations concerning the new Treaty take place too often behind closed doors. The French Presidency therefore has a big responsibility for ensuring that genuine and tangible results are achieved in Nice, and the new Treaty must really create a European Union for new Member States. The institutional issues need to be solved and a clear mandate provided for continued work on a European constitution which is citizen-friendly and comprehensible. The Charter must be incorporated into this constitution, and I hope that a signal to this effect will be given in Biarritz. For us Liberals, it is an obvious fact, and one that needs to be crystal-clear, that the present intergovernmental conference must be the last before new Member States are admitted. Unsolved issues about the future of the European project may not be used as justification for further postponing our historic task to unite Europe. The EU will never be ready, but the candidate countries must participate actively in future discussions. The Convention method is perhaps more suitable than these intergovernmental conferences we have had in the past. Expectations prior to the meeting in Biarritz are running high. We all long for signs of progress. It is time to score a few goals in order to maintain hope and to sustain interest in the match as a whole."@en1

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