Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-10-24-Speech-3-030"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-10-24"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:European Council meeting (Ghent, 19 October 2001)2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20011024.1.3-030"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-10-24-Speech-3-0312
lpv:speaker	lp:Nelly Maes2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Committee on Development and Cooperation (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3,3 member; Members from the European Parliament to the Joint Parliamentary Assembly of the Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Union (ACP-EU) (1999-09-14--2002-01-14)3,3 unknown; Volksunie (1999-07-20--2002-01-07)3,3 vice-chair; G/EFA (1999-07-20--2002-01-07)3,3 member; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3,3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Slovak Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-10-19--2002-01-14)3,3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President-in-Office of the Council, Mr President of the Commission, Mr President of this House, ladies and gentlemen, the President-in-Office was right to express with some pride that, fortunately, after Gothenburg and Genoa, Ghent was a different G. We were able to catch our breath in peace for a while. In fact, Ghent was a ghost town. When I protested there along with the so-called anti-globalists, Ghent had been totally stripped of its character of a bustling city. Nevertheless, I am pleased with your statement about the dialogue with the world of the anti-globalists, which is an incorrect way of saying that a growing number of people are concerned about the direction that the world is taking. We want to move away from the privatisations and liberalisations which are plunging large parts of the world into exclusion. What action will the Belgian Presidency be taking in order to reform the WTO, for example? We are looking forward to your efforts, for the introduction of the Tobin tax is a promise which I may have heard in Belgium, but of which I have seen little evidence on the international forum. However, the spectacle involving the European institutions was not a pretty sight, and I am very disappointed about this. The Council was overshadowed by the triumvirate of the United Kingdom, France and Germany. Is that what other countries can expect from a Council? The Big Three running the show – is that the kind of Europe we want? The Commission is failing to get a grip on events and the frustration in that respect is culminating in a row about speaking times and the threat of an empty seat in Laeken. Does the President of the Commission fear that Laeken will be a failure? The European Parliament is still feeling marginalised, and I am uncertain as to whether a convention can have any real effect in this. Many people have witnessed the start of the war in Afghanistan, but we do not know where it will take us or how it will end. We are facing an economic crisis. We cannot afford failure at Laeken. Europe simply has to succeed, and the three large institutions must cooperate with that goal in mind."@en1
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