Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2008-10-08-Speech-3-052"
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member; Delegation for relations with the countries of south-east Europe (2007-03-14--2009-07-13)3,3
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"Madam President, the main challenge facing Europe today is most definitely the economic crisis. Despite the quite recent assurances by German politicians and European Commission officials, this crisis is starting to hit Europe in a big way. The question is not whether it will reach us, but when. Last Saturday the self-appointed leaders of several of the European Union’s largest countries failed to agree on any common tactic in this regard.
Moreover, from the example of the deposit guarantees announced by states such as Greece, Ireland and Germany, in contrast to other EU Member States, it is obvious that there is not a single common tactic to deal with this. If a common strategy on this is not worked out at the forthcoming EU summit, it will be a very bad signal for citizens of the EU Member States, because it is precisely in times of crisis that the people of the EU most need to feel that the EU is standing by in case of need and that it is there not only during the good times, but also when there is a problem."@en1
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