Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-11-17-Speech-3-039"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2004-11-17"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:European Council of 4 and 5 November 20042
dcterms:Language	"sl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20041117.3.3-039"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-11-17-Speech-3-0402
lpv:speaker	lp:Alojz Peterle2
lpv:spokenAs	member; AFET (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 substitute; ENVI (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3 member_of_the_bureau; EPP-ED (2004-08-31--2007-02-14)3 unknown; Nova Slovenija (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; DROI (2004-10-25--2007-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Mr Prime Minister, Mr Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen. I welcome the ambitions of the Council of Europe and particularly those of the Netherlands regarding the implementation of the Lisbon Strategy, but at the same time, with a certain amount of disquiet, I have to agree with the Council of Europe that this strategy has not brought the expected results during the last four years. I also agree with the findings of the Kok report on the feeble level of implementation on the part of the Member States. I am not talking about the problems of distant galaxies, but about a key project of the Union which would bring about the most dynamic and competitive economy by the year 2010, together with a balanced respect for the social and environmental aspects of development. We have fewer than six years ahead of us. I am convinced that we will not achieve success by repeating what are clearly acceptable goals, but by supplementing, from the technical point of view, a strategy which is essentially a good one. What is genuinely lacking is political will and a European spirit. It would appear that at times of crisis everyone thinks of themselves first, but the history of the Union tells us that it has made progress in the past when it has acted in a spirit of solidarity and with a collective will. Thus, the lofty ambitions of the Lisbon Strategy will not be achieved through discordant, disunited and partial activity with different rules of the game for different Member States. What is important is the simultaneous action of the key players on all the important fronts and at all levels. I would like the European Parliament, as the most legitimate representative of the interests of the citizens of the Union, to accompany the responsible implementation of the Lisbon Strategy with a contribution to a more powerful political will on the part of the Member States and to the leadership of excellence on the part of the participating collective institutions. Of course I understand that the global economic context is unfavourable, nevertheless I would not like to perceive it as an excuse, but rather as a stimulus for an enlarged European Union to find the answers to those questions which others cannot answer."@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Peterle, Alojz (PPE-DE )."1

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