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dcterms:Date	"2012-06-11"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:EU trade negotiations with Japan (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"it"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20120611.18.1-040-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2012-06-11-Speech-1-041-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Gianluca Susta2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation to the EU-Mexico Joint Parliamentary Committee (2009-09-16--2013-03-12)3 member; INTA (2012-01-19--2013-03-12)3 unknown; - (2011-04-28--2013-03-14)3 member; Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-16--2013-03-12)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America (2009-09-16--2013-03-14)3 substitute; BUDG (2012-01-19--2013-03-14)3 member; S&D (2010-10-06--2013-03-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the prudence with which the Commission is looking at the new system of relations between the first and the fourth largest economies in the world is a comfort to us. Deep underlying reasons, based on the history of our times, push for relations between the democracies of Europe and of the Rising Sun, based on the desire for friendship, development and the opening up of new opportunities. We cannot, however, overlook the fact that, amid all the distrust caused by long-term antagonism and by resentments that have not yet fully died down, the history of a system of relations in the name of multipolarity, overcoming the hegemony of the United States, is pushing us into new partnerships with the Far East. This has led to new forms of cooperation between China and Japan, shifting the balance that has become established since the Second World War and which must not be used against the European Union. The new set-ups which are being introduced at global level and in the major regions of the world thus require the European Union to be an enterprising key player, both by strengthening the multilateral approach and through bilateral relationships that will help Europe strengthen its competitiveness. For these political and economic reasons, we fully support your efforts to create conditions that will improve the system of relations between ourselves and Japan. However, we are not willing to begin negotiations unless the Council first involves Parliament in drafting the negotiating mandate. Although, formally, Parliament has the power to conclude the negotiation process by ratifying, or otherwise, any treaties that have been signed, it is equally true that parliaments throughout the world, due to their democratic legitimacy, have always been involved in drawing up the policies that underlie negotiating mandates. Europe needs to follow not only the letter but also the spirit of the treaties, so we call upon the Council, in this as in other cases, to duly take this into account. Finally, acknowledging the words of the Commissioner, we stress that it is imperative that Japan prove it wishes to break down tariff and especially non-tariff barriers that still dominate its domestic market. It is not therefore our intention to impede negotiations, but to assume responsibility for the growing demand within European public opinion, which fears that bringing together an open internal market such as ours with the increasingly closed markets of our main competitors will, in the end, damage our competitiveness and, with it, growth and employment."@en1
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