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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, following a depression during the previous EU legislature and the previous US administration, the skies over the Atlantic Ocean seem to be brightening up. President Bush’s visit to the EU and a number of Member States seems to be heralding a new era. Needless to say, we would have been keen to welcome President Bush to this Chamber, but we have not given up hope of this happening yet.
More importantly, though, we seem to be united in terms of conditions to put an end to a difficult time in EU-US relations and to lay the foundations for renewed cooperation that must be based on mutual respect, equivalence and the determination to frame our joint efforts in the multilateral perspective of the United Nations, the World Trade Organisation and NATO. It goes without saying that unilateral initiatives that could lead to trade conflicts must be avoided.
The fact that we have entered a time of reflection and possible review after the referenda in France and the Netherlands must not be allowed to adversely affect the proceedings of the forthcoming Summit. Ten years after the new transatlantic dialogue was laid down, it is high time we expanded it. This expanded dialogue must also leave room for us to express our concerns about the unacceptable conditions in the prison of Guantanamo Bay or about the restriction of personal freedom and privacy that can be the result of unilateral security initiatives. Both the US and we set great store by the worldwide spread of democracy, prosperity and human rights, although our views of how that should be done can differ. That does not mean that ours are inferior.
Facing, as we are, enormous challenges in terms of world poverty reduction, combating fatal diseases, peace in the Middle East, a peaceful settlement to the so-called frozen conflicts, I hope that both the Americans and the Europeans will be able to join forces effectively."@en1
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