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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-05-29"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:EU/Latin America Summit (Madrid, 17/18 May 2002)2
dcterms:Language	"es"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020529.7.3-090"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-05-29-Speech-3-0912
lpv:speaker	lp:Raimon Obiols2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 chair; Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America and Mexico (2002-02-07--2004-03-30)3 unknown; Partido Socialista Obrero Español (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; PES (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Conference of Delegation Chairs (2002-02-07--2004-03-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, in order to assess the results of the Madrid Summit we must take good account of the context in which this meeting has taken place, a context of great uncertainty and fragility. Therefore, in order to make a balanced assessment, we must understand that in the time that has passed between Río and Madrid not all the hopes raised at the Río Summit have been fulfilled. Developments, in particular economic developments, have lessened expectations and I therefore believe that all the participants and observers at the summit can be moderately satisfied with the fact that the summit has taken place within a context of general agreements, of common denominators, and by the fact that we have been able to present an assessment of relations between the European Union and the Latin American and Caribbean countries which contains concrete achievements, association agreements with Mexico and with Chile, the maintenance of the prospect and the will for an association agreement with Mercosur and also the maintenance of a positive outlook in relation to the partnership with the Andean countries and the countries of Central America. I warned the Council and the Commission during the debate prior to the Madrid meeting of the foreseeable risk that these countries might be disappointed. I am pleased to acknowledge today that this risk has been successfully prevented, the opening up of a prospect for agreements with the two sub-regions has been maintained, and I hope that this is not a rush forward but a genuinely serious and consistent commitment, because nothing could be worse in this disturbed context than raising expectations and perspectives which are not then met. Summits are only worth so much. The important thing is to maintain political momentum and, as Mr Salafranca said a few moments ago, to maintain commitments which must not only be political commitments but practical commitments which are reflected in the budget. If this is the case, things will move forward. If not, that person who said at the Madrid Summit that ‘we go from summit to summit while our peoples go from abyss to abyss’ will unfortunately be proved right."@en1

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