Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2007-04-25-Speech-3-036"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2007-04-25"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Transatlantic relations (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"de"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20070425.2.3-036"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2007-04-25-Speech-3-0372
lpv:speaker	lp:Hannes Swoboda2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; ITRE (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 substitute; SEDE (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; AFET (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 vice-chair; Delegation for relations with the countries of south-east Europe (2007-03-14--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Armenia, EU-Azerbaijan and EU-Georgia Parliamentary Cooperation Committees (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council (2007-03-15--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Sozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 vice-chair; PES (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I still remember well one of Mr Barroso’s first speeches, in which he said that we had to deal with the United States as with our equals, and I think that is absolutely right; an economic partnership is what is needed. I am all in favour of creating a common market that acknowledges the generally-accepted international rules, such as the WTOs. What is not acceptable, though – and reference has been made to this already – is that America, or the Bush administration at any rate, should attempt, from time to time and recently more frequently, to bypass United Nations resolutions and other rules in bringing pressure to bear on European businesses and telling them how to go about things. Reference has already been made to one specific instance of this in Austria, where the new owners of BAWAG, a major Austrian bank, are being compelled to break off all business dealings with Cubans, and that is scandalous; it is not for the American Government to decide how European banks are to conduct their business, any more than it is for us to impose similar decisions on their American counterparts, and I expect the Commission or the Council to speak out clearly on this. I have in fact had a perfectly clear answer about another, related matter from the Commission, but the response from the Council Secretariat was somewhat vague. What is needed here is a clear and unambiguous stance so as not to fan the flames of anti-Americanism, but instead to maintain a good and proper relationship between Europe and America. I might add that I believe that Mr Wolfowitz should stand down; those who fight corruption must have no dirty laundry hidden away, and that is something else to be sorted out by the European Union and America together."@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"(Applause from the left)"1

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