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"Mr President, Commissioner, I have been in Porto Alegre, the civil alternative to Davos, which was discussed earlier. It would be preferable not to have two opposing fora – one economic and one social, one governmental and one civil – each calling for completely different political orientations for the future. In Porto Alegre, local authorities, members of parliament, trade unions, non-governmental organisations, judges and teachers proposed – perhaps idealistically – that another world is possible, and not just possible, but necessary.
In Davos, directors of multinational companies and ministers concluded that the key elements for the new world economic agenda are the real value of companies in view of the volatility of their share values, trade as a fundamental instrument for sustainable development and the principles to govern the activities of the multinationals. In other words, the distance between the citizens and the people with real power is only increasing. During these two minutes, I will just give a couple of examples: in Davos there were references to AIDS, but there was no reference to the need for pharmaceutical laboratories, whose investments in advertising and marketing are double their investments in research, to open up their patents to developing countries. Another example: it is considered that commerce is an important factor in development but there is no reference to reciprocity in the opening up of markets. The protectionism of the rich countries, including the European Union’s agricultural policy, has a negative impact on development.
I believe, Commissioner, that Europe must be a model for reducing the distance between each position. The economic order promoted in Davos must be accompanied by a social and political order such as that called for in Porto Alegre. The participation of European parliamentarians in Porto Alegre is a good symptom, but the European Union’s partnership with citizens’ movements must go further. We urge the Community’s institutions to join in with global campaigns on access to water, agriculture, food safety and public services. We also ask the Commission to support the creation of a world fund to combat hunger and poverty."@en1
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