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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-05-31"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:EU-US Transatlantic Partnership Agreement – EU-US economic relations (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060531.13.3-110"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-05-31-Speech-3-1112
lpv:speaker	lp:Jan Marinus Wiersma2
lpv:spokenAs	member; AFET (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; Temporary Committee on the alleged use of European countries by the CIA for the transport and illegal detention of prisoners (2006-01-19--2007-02-14)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Moldova Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 member; SEDE (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; TRAN (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 vice-chair; PES (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Partij van de Arbeid (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Romania Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2006-12-31)3
lpv:translated text	". Mr President, thank you for the record amount of time you have allocated to me, as a result of which I shall be to the point and say first of all that my group supports Mr Brok’s report as well as the compromises we have struck in the Committee on Foreign Affairs; I would like to express my appreciation for the work he has done since it is, I think, important that the two major groups more or less take the same line on such an important topic as our relationship with the United States. What is paramount, as far as we are concerned, is the fact that the United States and the European Union have many shared interests, not least in the economic area, and we cannot sufficiently stress the importance of those economic interests. Those also include the risks that these entail, considering the differences in financial policy of the EU countries and that of the United States. Certainly in that area, we must try to strengthen cooperation with them, and Mrs Mann’s report contains many initiatives to that effect which are, in my view, very valuable. There is, by the same token, no denying the fact that we see things differently in certain areas. That is something that is, in fact, very well demonstrated in Mr Brok’s report. We are both independent partners in the partnership. I also support the idea of creating a more contractual relationship and partnership, which opens up the possibility, in the event of problems, of being able to discuss those openly and honestly, not least at parliamentary level. My question is only whether the USA is prepared to recognise the European Union to such an extent that it is prepared to enter into such a contractual relationship. We must, in the coming years, try to develop fresh policy in a number of areas, including energy policy, given the energy problems we experience and where the US and the Europeans share a number of common interests. I am in favour of a deeper relationship and of our cooperation to be fleshed out at federal level. I could go on for hours about this important topic, but I will have to leave it there."@en1

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