Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-03-09-Speech-3-182"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2005-03-09"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Preparation of the European Council (Brussels, 22-23 March 2005)2
dcterms:Language	"mt"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20050309.15.3-182"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2005-03-09-Speech-3-1832
lpv:speaker	lp:Simon Busuttil2
lpv:spokenAs	member_of_the_bureau; EPP-ED (2004-08-31--2009-07-13)3 vice-chair; Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union (including Libya) (2004-09-20--2007-03-13)3 substitute; Temporary committee on policy challenges and budgetary means of the enlarged Union 2007-2013 (2004-10-14--2005-06-08)3 substitute; REGI (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3 member; Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 member; CONT (2005-02-21--2007-01-14)3 member; BUDG (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Partit Nazzjonalista (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"It is true that the European Council will focus on the Lisbon Strategy and on the Stability Pact. Let us admit, though, that in the background of this discussion, there will also be the question related to the financial perspectives that is linked to Lisbon and the Stability Pact – because in the end it is the financial means that the European Union will have for the coming years, which will determine whether and to what degree, we will be able to put into practice the vision of Europe to which Mr Barroso referred. This is where we have to remember that the new Member States still have a low standard of living when compared to the European average and, despite this, are still expected to implement the reforms required by the Lisbon strategy as well as by the Stability Pact. We also have to keep in mind that the new countries are experiencing a certain degree of tiredness, a certain fatigue, from the continuous reform process. It is enough to say that they have been undergoing a reform process for a number of years – first to prepare to join the European Union and, now that they have joined, they are facing more reforms, this time having more of a budgetary and fiscal nature to prepare for the introduction of the Euro. As if this were not enough, we now have the reforms needed by the reform strategy, which amounts to a non-stop reform process. This does not mean that the reform process should be stopped. Far be it from this case. It means, however, that there is a need for the new countries to feel that they are not being left alone on this road; to the contrary, they should feel that there is somebody helping them. This is exactly what the cohesion policy of the European Union could do, and this is why the financial resources that the European Union will have in the coming years will determine whether we really want the new Member States to be really integrated; if we really do want them to adopt the Euro and expand their economic development and create jobs as the Lisbon Strategy is telling us to do. As Mr Barroso himself said, you cannot have more Europe with less money."@en1

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