Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2008-04-09-Speech-3-119"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2008-04-09"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:One-minute speeches on matters of political importance2
dcterms:Language	"mt"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20080409.21.3-119"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2008-04-09-Speech-3-1202
lpv:speaker	lp:Simon Busuttil2
lpv:spokenAs	member; BUDG (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member_of_the_bureau; EPP-ED (2004-08-31--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 vice-chair; Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union (including Libya) (2007-03-14--2009-07-13)3 member; PETI (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the countries of south-east Europe (2007-03-15--2009-07-13)3 substitute; LIBE (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Partit Nazzjonalista (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"I would like to start by saying that I, too, congratulate the new Commissioner, Mrs Vassiliou. Madam President, the decision that we are going to take tomorrow to approve the granting of almost EUR 700 000 from the Globalisation Fund to 675 Maltese workers who lost their jobs with the companies VF and Bortex in Malta is a display of solidarity, and solidarity is a main pillar of the European Union. If the European Union means anything, it is this; that yes, the Member States should open up their economies and markets to competition, but at the same time they are not alone, and the European Union is there to facilitate challenges, to help us exploit them and to reduce the negative impact that may result from them. Madam President, today the workers of VF and Bortex have a better idea of what solidarity means and a better idea of what the European Union means, and I, from here, salute them."@en1

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