Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-02-11-Speech-2-072"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-02-11"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:EU-Belarus relations2
dcterms:Language	"fi"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030211.4.2-072"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-02-11-Speech-2-0732
lpv:speaker	lp:Paavo Väyrynen2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Suomen Keskusta (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; ELDR (2002-03-07--2004-07-19)3 substitute; AFCO (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, the European Union is trying in any way it can to put pressure on Belarus to respect human rights and bring about democratic reform. Until now we have used more stick than carrot. In the future it will be wise of us to try and find more positive ways of achieving our aims. After the enlargement of the EU Belarus will be our neighbour, sharing a common border with no fewer than three new Member States: Latvia, Lithuania and Poland. We must encourage Belarus to maintain its independence as a state and orientate itself towards European cooperation. Multilateral cooperation will provide us with a good forum for cooperation with Belarus. Positions in the Council of Baltic Sea States will alter when the Baltic countries and Poland go from being neighbours to members of the EU. In this situation the EU must be more firmly committed than it has hitherto to the work of the Council and channel more funds to projects to be undertaken. With Union enlargement the importance of cross-border cooperation will increase. We have to encourage Latvia, Lithuania and Poland in particular to develop cross-border cooperation with Belarus. In the future the Union must be prepared to finance projects in connection with this. There must be a new scheme to provide funds created in the European Union for cross-border cooperation, either in association with TACIS or as a separate arrangement. There must be more conspicuous channelling of funds on the part of the Union than there has been until now towards development in our neighbouring countries, especially those neighbouring regions across our borders. Differences in standards of living must also be narrowed down effectively on the Union’s external borders."@en1

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