Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-12-14-Speech-3-040"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2005-12-14"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Preparation for the European Council (Brussels, 15-16 December 2005), including the Development strategy2
dcterms:Language	"es"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20051214.6.3-040"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2005-12-14-Speech-3-0412
lpv:speaker	lp:Gerardo Galeote2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; BUDG (2005-09-16--2007-01-14)3 substitute; AFET (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 chair; REGI (2004-07-23--2007-01-14)3 member; Delegation for relations with the United States (2004-09-15--2007-01-17)3 member_of_the_bureau; EPP-ED (2004-08-31--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Mercosur (2004-09-16--2007-03-13)3 unknown; Partido Popular (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; Conference of Committee Chairs (2004-07-28--2007-01-15)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Minister, almost twenty years ago, with the Single European Act, when we opened up our borders in order to create a European Economic Area, we also decided to establish a series of financial mechanisms to help the least-developed countries to adapt their economic structures to free competition. From that moment, cohesion became a fundamental pillar of Europe, consolidating in the financial perspectives negotiated in 1992 and 1999. The results of that policy have been extraordinary. As Minister Straw acknowledged a few days ago, on presenting the British Presidency’s proposal, there has been a similar increase in the commercial flows benefiting the most developed Member States and it is therefore perfectly clear that the net contributors’ budgetary deficit with the European Union is in line with the trade surplus of those countries compared to the cohesion countries. It is therefore clear that the cohesion policy ― certainly the most effective of all Community policies ― benefits all the countries of the European Union, allowing for the true convergence of the least advantaged regions within a relatively short space of time. Minister, the British Presidency is therefore violating that cohesion policy, which means that the financial costs of enlargement will have to be met by the least-developed territories of the European Union, despite the fact that it is the richest that benefit most from enlargement. In line with the views approved by the European Parliament, therefore, the Council must be very aware that it cannot assume that it will have parliamentary support for a proposal such as the one that the British Presidency is putting forward at the moment. And if the Council approves it, I will of course do everything possible to ensure that Parliament vetoes it."@en1

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