Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-09-05-Speech-3-239"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-09-05"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Conclusions of the G8 meeting in Genoa2
dcterms:Language	"it"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20010905.6.3-239"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-09-05-Speech-3-2402
lpv:speaker	lp:Mariotto Segni2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation for relations with the countries of South America and MERCOSUR (1999-09-30--2002-01-14)3 member; UEN (1999-07-22--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Patto Segni (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (1999-09-09--2002-01-14)3 member; AFCO (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr Vinci, there were also charges against the police and not just the police excesses that I have condemned, let us make it clear. But that is not the problem I want to deal with today. There is one point, however, which unites us all, which is: what can Europe do? Minister, you have said that Europe can be a model in facing the problems of tomorrow’s globalisation. That is true, but not this Europe, let us be frank, Minister. Yes, the Europe of human rights, for which we were the cradle, the Europe of respect for minorities and diversity, the Europe of the ‘No’ to the death penalty, which responds to the concerns of so many, perhaps the majority of human beings. But it would really respond to their concerns if Europe had a voice and an instrument to express this idea forcefully in the world. A divided Europe can have no part in this. The G8 summit did not give the idea of a Europe able to back up its decisions. The G8 summit has given the world the idea of the great superpower and a divided Europe that is weak and ineffective because it is fragmented. This is the real problem facing us. If we want Europe to respond to the concerns of globalisation, let us move ahead on the road towards building a political Union and giving Europe a single voice. If, at a G8 summit, there were not four European states speaking but just one speaking on behalf of the whole of Europe, there would no longer be a great America and a number of little States; there would be two voices with the same weight. Minister, your government could make a great contribution in this direction at Laeken by presenting and taking forward a draft Constitution that is not divorced from the reality of the problems, as the debate still is today, but which, in a few years’ time, when the euro has become the common currency and globalisation is no longer a contentious issue, can be an instrument for Europe to speak in the world with a single voice and as a single political unit."@en1

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