Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-04-04-Speech-3-031"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-04-04"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Outcome of the European Council of 23/24 March 2001 in Stockholm including the situation in the Middle East2
dcterms:Language	"sv"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20010404.2.3-031"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-04-04-Speech-3-0322
lpv:speaker	lp:Olle Schmidt2
lpv:spokenAs	member; ECON (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Czech Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3 member; ELDR (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; BUDG (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Folkpartiet liberalerna (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Slovak Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I would like to begin by congratulating the President of the Council on a successful summit in Stockholm. I believe that many Swedes were delighted to see their country finally being able to act as host to the leaders of the EU. Stockholm was supposed to be about the creation of a competitive Europe. It was supposed to be about action, not EU rhetoric, but was that the case? No, unfortunately not enough, as the President of the Council himself has admitted. Reform of the EU is going too slowly. It was unfortunate that those in Stockholm were unable to agree on a timetable for deregulation of the energy markets. On the other hand, they did succeed in agreeing to create a common financial market, which has been eagerly awaited. We liberals now assume that the Council is prepared to act such that we achieve a solution which can also be accepted by Parliament. Mr President, this is about democratic support and openness. The Swedish Presidency has an overall vision of bringing the Union closer to its citizens. This is an excellent ambition. It therefore surprises me that at the Stockholm Summit the first step was taken towards wide-ranging reform of agriculture and food policy, as this is the question possibly most under discussion over the breakfast tables in Europe, even – as I have understood – in the Prime Minister’s own home. Finally, I would like to point out we are now halfway through the Swedish Presidency. One issue is becoming ever clearer: – It is becoming more and more problematic for Sweden to remain outside the EMU. My question to the President of the Council is therefore this: according to the what difficulties will be posed in terms of a more cohesive Union by Britain, Denmark and Sweden remaining outside EMU in the long term? I am not seeking an answer in terms of domestic policy but a theoretical opinion from an EU perspective."@en1
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