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dcterms:Date	"2005-06-08"^^xsd:date2
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20050608.21.3-300"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2005-06-08-Speech-3-3012
lpv:speaker	lp:José Manuel García-margallo Y Marfil2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation for relations with the countries of the Andean Community (2004-09-16--2007-03-13)3 substitute; INTA (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3 vice-chair; Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America (2004-09-21--2007-03-13)3 vice-chair; ECON (2004-09-01--2007-01-14)3 member; EPP-ED (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Partido Popular (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, we have often discussed the Stability Pact and I am going to try to summarise some of the things that have been said. My spokesman, Mr Radwan, has said something that I agree with: we are beating the retreat. The Pact I liked was the Pact of 1996, which was signed by the CDU Minister Theo Waigel and defended by your predecessor, Commissioner Solbes. We have not been able to maintain it. The Council noted that there was generalised non-compliance in Europe, and it could have done two things: it could have demanded compliance or, euphemistically, it could have made the Pact more flexible, and that is exactly what it has done. You are appearing here to explain to us the modifications that need to be made to the Regulations in order to make this Pact effective. What could Parliament do? What could my group do? We could have produced amendments aimed at reviving the previous Pact, in the form it then took. We have not done that because, following Ortega’s advice, we do not like pointless efforts, which only lead to melancholy. We have presented some amendments, which Mr Karas has explained very well. The intention is to ensure that the disaster does not get any worse. Our intention is to ensure that it is applied properly, in technical terms, with reliable statistics, we want to reduce the margin for arbitrariness, filling in the legal gaps, in short, we want to ensure that the retreat is not a complete disaster. It has been said here that Europe is not going well and that is the case. But if it is not going well, it is not a result of the Stability Pact, but rather of our not having complied with that Pact. The Stability Pact, budgetary authority, to put it in quasi-theological terms, is a virtue, a necessary condition, though insufficient, for growth. Furthermore, as Mrs Kauppi has pointed out, we need those reforms that we have been unable to carry out. Parliament is helping you; it is helping you to reduce the Governments’ margin for discretion. It is up to you to ensure that this does not get any worse."@en1

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