Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-02-10-Speech-2-188"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2004-02-10"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Broad political framework for the next financial perspective: Making Europe prosper – policy agenda and budgetary means for an enlarged Union 2007-20132
dcterms:Language	"pt"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20040210.9.2-188"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-02-10-Speech-2-1892
lpv:speaker	lp:Luís Queiró2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Partido Popular (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; PETI (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (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 vice-chair; UEN (2000-09-21--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Mr Prodi’s presentation on the EU’s financial perspective allows us to make some brief comments on the economic and social cohesion policy. I do not intend at this time to state whether or not the financial perspective proposed here by the Commission represents percentage gains for one country or another. This is not the reason for my intervention. Besides, in this context, we must not forget that those countries that intend to enjoy Community funds as of 2007 have yet to meet their biggest challenges: they must overcome their structural backwardness and must ensure the economic and social cohesion of their populations. I therefore prefer to concentrate on the political significance of the Commission’s proposal. If the Commission maintains or, should I say, takes the risk of maintaining, the level of financial resources of the EU at 1.24% of the Community’s gross national product until 2013, it would be making a decisive investment in the European policy of solidarity, as the only means of achieving the homogenous growth of the entire EU, in the wake of the Lisbon strategy. At a time when we are integrating ten new countries, this must be a prime objective, to which the benefiting countries, be they old or new, must respond with the ability to carry out the crucial reforms implied and presupposed by European solidarity. Parliament has therefore no choice but to offer political support to the Commission’s proposal. We must also do all we can to ensure that the proposal of the six wealthiest Member States – to reduce the Community budget from 1.24% to 1% of Europe’s GNP – is not allowed to triumph. We must, therefore, criticise in the strongest terms those politicians who utter fine words on Europe and solidarity, but whose real priorities lie in preserving national interests."@en1

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