Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2010-07-06-Speech-2-042"
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"Mr President, the Spanish Presidency has coincided with a deep financial and credibility crisis in the Union. This crisis has hit the country holding the Presidency very hard. The deficit of trust in the EU economy and common currency is rooted in the huge debt burden, which is still looming large in the way of life: living today at the cost of tomorrow. Last week’s
asked: ‘Is there life after debt?’.
The Prime Minister referred to enhancing competitiveness as one of the main goals of the Presidency, but no real recipe has been offered as regards how to address the crisis of values, the moral crisis, and even how it would be practically possible to return to a balanced budget.
On several occasions, we have missed the Council at Question Time in Strasbourg. Numerous MEPs are still waiting for the opportunity to put a question to the Council on how the new ESDP could be applied to arms sales to third countries and whether we could finally agree to have consultations in the Council before deciding to sell modern military technology to partners outside the EU.
Lastly, I am concerned that cyber threats have not been high on the Spanish agenda. Cyber weapons are being developed secretly and we have no idea of how and when they could be used. The EU needs to take the lead in the debate on how to reduce the threat of cyber war, how to restrict cyber attacks before it is too late, and establishing whether there is any chance of agreeing on any rules on good behaviour in cyberspace."@en1
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