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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-11-20"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Commission annual legislative and work programme for 20032
dcterms:Language	"fi"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20021120.1.3-038"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-11-20-Speech-3-0392
lpv:speaker	lp:Marjo Matikainen-kallström2
lpv:spokenAs	vice-chair; Delegation to the European Economic Area Joint Parliamentary Committee (EEA) (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member_of_the_bureau; EPP-ED (2002-03-08--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Latvia Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-03-07--2004-04-30)3 member; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Kansallinen Kokoomus (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, we have the Mediterranean and Eastern Europe, but I should like to remind Mr Prodi, the Commission, and the other ladies and gentlemen here, that we also have Northern Europe and the Northern Dimension, and I would ask them to take this into consideration also. At present we seem to have all our attention on enlargement, but we must fight tooth and nail to hold on to the Lisbon objectives. Enlargement will place burdens on the EU economy, and that underlines the importance of having a competitive strategy to address that problem. For this reason, we must also be able to implement some difficult reforms at the same time as enlargement. We have to focus our attention on the applicant countries’ ability to implement the Lisbon objectives. In the old Member States too it is necessary to give attention to the implementation of EU legislation. When enlargement takes place we shall particularly have to avoid distortions of competition due to the uneven implementation of directives, for example, in environmental and competition policy. The liberalisation process must be speeded up substantially in the electricity, gas, telecommunications and transport sectors. The situation at present is that consumers cannot count on economic growth. Investment is being put off and the markets are still constrained. Labour costs are high while at the same time there is considerable unemployment in Europe. Faith in the Stability and Growth Pact is being shaken. I would ask the Commission how it intends to integrate this ambitious timetable for enlargement with improved economic competitiveness in Europe."@en1

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