Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-05-11-Speech-3-019"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2005-05-11"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:World Bank2
dcterms:Language	"es"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20050511.3.3-019"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2005-05-11-Speech-3-0202
lpv:speaker	lp:Ignasi Guardans Cambó2
lpv:spokenAs	vice-chair; AFCO (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3 substitute; LIBE (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of south-east Europe (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 unknown; Convergència Democràtica Catalunya (2004-07-20--2009-04-22)3 substitute; CULT (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the United States (2004-09-15--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 member_of_the_bureau; ALDE (2004-07-20--2009-04-22)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, it is clear that the World Bank is an effective instrument, and could be even more so, and I do not believe that the new leadership is the problem. I have no particular fear that the new leadership of the World Bank may redirect energies, which to date have been directed towards other areas, in order to make the World Bank operate better. The problem is with us, the hypocrisy of European discourse, in which we spend our time explaining to our citizens that Europe wants to carry influence in the world, how we want to contribute to peace in the world. And the governments say this to their own voters and then do not make the least effort to turn these words and promises into real actions. The European Union as such carries no weight in the World Bank. We do not need a new Constitution for that; it is a problem of political will and coherence. Commissioner Almunia has described this perfectly. We have 25 Member States that do not talk to each other in the World Bank, and that is something we must condemn here. It is very easy to protest against the appointment of Mr Wolfowitz, and perhaps we should do so, but it should be much easier for all of us to condemn our governments’ inability to coordinate themselves in relation to policies, appointments and criteria for granting funding."@en1

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