Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-05-17-Speech-3-250"

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dcterms:Date	"2006-05-17"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Financing instrument for development and economic cooperation – European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument – Instrument for Stability – Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA) (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060517.20.3-250"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-05-17-Speech-3-2512
lpv:speaker	lp:Nirj Deva2
lpv:spoken text	"Madam President, last year we saw millions of young people marching to make poverty history. Poverty matters to them; it matters to us. Also last year, we saw the people of Europe – France and the Netherlands – reject the Constitution, because to them the EU was too remote from their concerns. We now have a chance to bring their concerns about poverty and our concerns about connecting with the people of Europe together. This Parliament is the point of connection, the point of transparency and accountability. That is why codecision is so important. That is why transparency is so important. That is why accountability is so important. That is why replacing 16 codecision instruments with one will not work: replacing instruments on AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, replacing policies on sexual and reproductive health, on measures to promote the full integration of environmental dimensions, on measures to promote the consolidation of sustainable management of forests – including those in developing counties, policies on consolidating democracy and the rule of law, on respecting human rights, on promoting gender equality in developing countries, on decentralised cooperation, on cofinancing with other NGOs, on food aid and food management, on development cooperation with South Africa, with Latin America, with Asia – it must be dotty! Whoever in the Commission thought this up? I do not think that the Commissioner has anything to do with it. We have to be accountable; we have to report back to our people. Our people expect us to tell them what we are doing with their money, and we cannot do that if there is only one development cooperation instrument that will cover this whole gamut of policy. We have to set policy. Parliaments are there to set policy, to implement and oversee the implementation of policy and to account for money. That is what parliaments are for and we cannot avoid our responsibilities. I do not think that anybody in the Commission should think that the MEPs in this Parliament are going to abrogate their duties. I congratulate Mr Mitchell on a very good report."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia and the South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) (2004-09-16--2007-03-13)3 member; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 substitute; AFET (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; DEVE (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Conservative and Unionist Party (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member_of_the_bureau; EPP-ED (2004-08-31--2009-07-13)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"(Applause)"1 "Nirj Deva (PPE-DE ). –"1

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