Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-07-02-Speech-3-032"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-07-02"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:The programme of the Italian Presidency2
dcterms:Language	"it"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030702.1.3-032"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-07-02-Speech-3-0332
lpv:speaker	lp:Francesco Fiori2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; AGRI (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of South America and MERCOSUR (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Forza Italia (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; EPP-ED (1999-09-30--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President-in-Office, if there is one thing that worries me about the situation in Europe – and we have had a few examples this morning – it is a type of politics that all too often appears to be self-referential. I am therefore sure – and the facts will confirm this – that your commitment to respond to the expectations of your European citizens every single day will mark out your Presidency. The rule in our speeches is to try to make a contribution to the reports. There is a great difficulty here, Mr President-in-Office, because the subjects dealt with have covered all our expectations. There is just one point to which I should like to call your attention: during the six months of the Italian Presidency the new rules on cohesion policies will be drawn up. In this context, I think the Italian Presidency should remind the European Union of a number of specific responsibilities, which are: to strengthen economic and social cohesion; to reduce the disparity in the development levels of many regions, which is still present in our Union and will be even more accentuated with enlargement; and to implement ideas of geographical solidarity, and in this respect we are thinking of the remoter regions. This is based especially on three principles: that without resources the cohesion policy will be difficult to implement; that the sectoral policies that the Union is developing – just think of the effects of the reform of the agricultural policy – should contribute to a great ideal of European cohesion; and that the new idea of European cohesion should also include the flexibility criterion. One last point, which my colleague Mr Tajani has already touched upon: all these policies will come together in the work of the IGC, confirming the Convention. Well, I believe a reference to the founding values of Europe, an explicit reference to Christian values, would be a contribution to our history."@en1

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