Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-02-06-Speech-3-125"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-02-06"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Financing of development aid with a view to the UN International Conference (continuation)2
dcterms:Language	"da"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020206.6.3-125"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-02-06-Speech-3-1262
lpv:speaker	lp:Lone Dybkjær2
lpv:spokenAs	member_of_the_bureau; ELDR (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3,3 member; AFCO (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3,3 member; Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3,3 substitute; Committee on Development and Cooperation (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3,3 unknown; Det Radikale Venstre (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3,3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Mrs Ferreira had good things to say about solidarity and people’s demands that solidarity be shown with Third World countries. Unfortunately, that is not the development we are seeing in Denmark at the moment where we are cutting back on development aid in a way that I think is very unfortunate. Even though we have cut back, we shall of course still be among the largest providers of aid, but it is, at any event, totally the wrong signal that we in Denmark, and the Danish Government, are sending at the moment. I also fear that the Montreal Conference will just be another conference, with no practical consequences, and I should therefore like to highlight three practical issues in my speech here today. The first is the demand for development aid. I think it absolutely crucial that we set practical objectives for when the individual EU countries are to have reached a figure of 0.7%. As far as I remember, we have been hearing about this 0.7% since 1974, and the vast majority of countries are still a very long way from achieving that goal. That is why I am also looking forward to hearing what the Commission has elicited from its visit to the different countries in terms of establishing definite time frames. These are what are needed. The second thing I should like to urge is that Mr Lamy’s efforts to remove trade barriers – efforts which have so far been directed towards the least developed countries – should also apply to other countries for, without trade and without the opportunity to trade without customs barriers, no progress can of course be made. The third thing I should like to emphasise is that we must look at what we can do in the public sector with a view to promoting private investment, and I believe that, in this area, we can bring about more fruitful cooperation than we have done so far. In that way, it will also be possible to translate the World Economic Forum’s words into practical action."@en1

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