Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2008-11-18-Speech-2-317"

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dcterms:Date	"2008-11-18"^^xsd:date2
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lpv:speaker	lp:Robert Sturdy2
lpv:spoken text	"Madam President, at a time when the world is seeing the most important financial crisis that has ever hit us, we are looking at a failure so far on the Doha Round. It is of crucial importance. I have just spoken to Baroness Ashton – or Commissioner Ashton as she is now – and I do believe that she is taking us forward in a progressive and futuristic way. The financial crisis has to be underlined, as has the need to deepen Europe’s relationships with its key partners, including the new US Administration, but probably more importantly when the Director-General, Pascal Lamy, is up for so-called re-election – we will see whether or not he gets the post, but there is a good chance that he will. We need more action and less rhetoric in this. Brown has called for leaders to avoid putting up barriers to trade and investment during the times of economic crisis. This is crucial to the WTO negotiations. The EU must not be Dickensian in its approach to the way in which we approach trade. We must open our barriers. We must not put in place trade defence instruments. Reform is only going to be successful on the grounds of a free market principle. That includes, as I say, open trade and investment. Last week Pascal Lamy met with the G20 to work with a proposal that will see a possibility of a settlement coming up in the short term. We hope to see something even before Christmas. That is the way the Commission sees it at the moment. I congratulate the previous Commissioner and the present Commissioner on their approach. The EU has led for the first time in the trade negotiations and must be congratulated."@en1
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lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Robert Sturdy (PPE-DE ). -"1
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