Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-01-31-Speech-3-079"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-01-31"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Mediterranean region2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20010131.4.3-079"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-01-31-Speech-3-0802
lpv:speaker	lp:Christopher Beazley2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, the Mediterranean is the cradle of European civilisation. The legacy of ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome shaped our culture, our literature, our very understanding of the common European heritage. Around the Mediterranean the three monotheistic religions – Judaism, Christianity, Islam – were founded and fostered and spread throughout the known world. Our debt to the Mediterranean is not only historical and cultural, it informs our common interest today in enlargement. It is true that covers mainly countries from Central and Eastern Europe, but the candidate countries include the two famous Mediterranean island peoples: the Maltese and the Cypriots. I very much hope that the Mediterranean programme and the enlargement process may be seen as complementary and not conflicting. It is suitable that today the presidency should be manned by Mr Danielsson from Nordic Europe. An example of North-South solidarity was when Prime Minister Aznar attended the Gdansk commemoration celebrating the foundation of the Solidarnosc movement. I hope that improved relations between the EU and North Africa may result from the Mediterranean programme. Today we wait for the outcome of the Lockerbie trial from a Scottish court in the Netherlands, but I understand it is the intention of the British to foster, in future, better diplomatic and other relations with, for example, Libya. I have a question for the Council. Could Mr Danielsson confirm that the EU’s Mediterranean programme is coordinated with the enlargement process to which the presidency attaches so much importance? I wonder if it might be possible for the Commissioner in his reply to dwell on the criticisms of underspending sometimes levelled at the MEDA programme. Is it the case that the Commission stands ready when necessary to give administrative support in the formulation of suitable programmes, as they did in the past when I wrote a report on the Alfama and Mouraria areas of Lisbon? Is it the case that, if there were to be underspending, the money could be relocated? Finally, concerning paragraph 54 of the Naïr report, could the Commissioner also confirm that the two Mediterranean candidate countries might be able to participate in the Euromed Heritage programme."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation to the EU-Slovenia Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-10-08--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Conservative and Unionist Party (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; AFCO (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Estonia Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-10-06--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; EPP-ED (1999-07-20--2002-03-07)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Beazley (PPE-DE )."1

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