Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-12-13-Speech-3-364"

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dcterms:Date	"2006-12-13"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Preparation for the European Council (14-15 December 2006) (continuation of debate)2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20061213.37.3-364"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-12-13-Speech-3-3652
lpv:speaker	lp:Gary Titley2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, I wish to congratulate the President-in-Office on the way in which, with characteristic Finnish honesty but uncharacteristic Presidency bluntness, he has described the difficulties in the Council of getting Member States to agree on things, and how impossible it is to make progress in certain areas where we have unanimity. It is very important that the EU delivers in areas like justice and home affairs and immigration policy, and we must ensure that we make progress for the benefit of our citizens. I would hope that in areas where we have almost reached agreement, such as prisoner transfers and the possibility of a rapid response instrument for emergencies, we will be able to carry these through in a summit. We can also apply the same principle to Member States in other areas as the Commission did yesterday in taking action about opening up energy markets and on economic reform. Let us not lose sight of the importance of getting Member States to deliver on what they promised to do on the whole Lisbon Strategy. However, enlargement is clearly the big issue. We seem to have avoided a train crash with Turkey, but that does not guarantee the train is not going to come grinding to a halt, because if that train does come to a halt, the consequences will be very severe not only for the European Union but also for the Balkans. We must move ahead with enlargement. We must not become distracted by things like absorption capacity, because we all know that if Norway wanted to join, nobody would want to talk about absorption capacity. It is a code word for something else. Let us make progress on enlargement; let us keep the show on the road."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation for relations with Canada (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 member; PES (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; TRAN (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Croatia Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2009-02-16)3 unknown; Labour Party (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; IMCO (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Gary Titley (PSE ). –"1

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