Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-02-10-Speech-1-063"
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"The Economic Forum and the World Social Forum met concurrently, reflecting the split between the outlooks they represent. The venues for each were also symbolic: the Economic Forum met in the ski resort of Davos, the World Social Forum in Porto Alegre, in the midst of a continent in full-blown economic crisis. Yet, in my view, opinions do not have to be so sharply divided. It is unfair simply to equate globalisation with an unbridled cross-border capitalism that is to the advantage only of multinationals. Those who were called anti-globalists have themselves understood this, and now call themselves alternative globalists. I think that general free trade still always offers the best guarantee of economic growth in all parts of the world, even in the poorest. The European Union is the best example of this. The thoroughgoing economic integration of Europe by means of the internal market and the opening up of our internal borders have already made it possible for us to live in what is at present one of the wealthiest parts of the world. It is this unique model of true globalisation that we have to take out into the wider world. There is certainly no way back. As the European Union, we have an important part to play in this debate. We must endeavour to bring the speakers at Davos and Porto Alegre together in an attempt to persuade them that liberalising world trade is an equitable way of improving living standards and bringing greater prosperity to the whole world."@en1
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