Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-12-11-Speech-2-259"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-12-11"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:WTO meeting in Qatar (continuation)2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20011211.11.2-259"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-12-11-Speech-2-2602
lpv:speaker	lp:Nelly Maes2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Committee on Development and Cooperation (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)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 unknown; Volksunie (1999-07-20--2002-01-07)3 vice-chair; G/EFA (1999-07-20--2002-01-07)3 member; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Slovak Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-10-19--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Thank you, Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen. The Doha Conference has spawned a sense of enthusiasm that I can only ascribe to the fact that expectations were so low, for I have to say that we remain very critical. Inequality of power is simply too pronounced in the world, which leaves its mark on conferences of this kind. While the developing countries wanted to see the earlier agreements through to a conclusion, Europe wanted to continue to build at multilateral level. There was therefore a certain level of ambiguity which has facilitated some progress. We are, of course, delighted with the fact that in connection with medicines, unmistakable progress has been made, because there is now at least an agreement about the intellectual property rights. However, we are hugely vexed by the fact that Europe continues to insist on high import levies on agricultural and textile products, while an agreement on a gradual cutback had, in fact, been reached. The first results should be evident as soon as 2005, and upon further research, it now emerges that too little has happened in this field. At the moment, agricultural support as a whole is hardly any lower than at the end of the eighties. As at previous WTO conferences, the liberalisation of the economy was also mentioned at Doha. Although the issue of intellectual property rights may have been a positive illustration of this, surely this was only a tiny ray of hope. Ideally, we would like see that we side with the weak, for whoever observes this world at war is bound to see that this is all about inequality of power."@en1

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