Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-10-12-Speech-3-150"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2005-10-12"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:EU policy on Africa2
dcterms:Language	"de"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20051012.15.3-150"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2005-10-12-Speech-3-1512
lpv:speaker	lp:Godelieve Quisthoudt-rowohl2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation for relations with the United States (2004-11-17--2007-03-13)3 substitute; DEVE (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3 quaestor; Parliament's Bureau (2004-07-21--2007-01-15)3 member; INTA (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Korean Peninsula (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 member; Quaestors (2004-07-21--2007-01-15)3 quaestor; European Parliament (2004-07-21--2007-01-15)3 substitute; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 member; EPP-ED (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, the only way for Africa to achieve lasting success is for it to be supported by us in carving out a future for itself. By the same token, even the best aid programmes will be of no use if we do not help people there to help themselves, or if we fail to embed democracy and the rule of law there in such a manner that they are not fragile plants but can put down strong roots; what matters is that we should enable Africans to have a hand in shaping their own destiny and to take responsibility for how they do that. It is, as I see it, a disgrace that it is the most mobile who attempt to flee Africa, and that we are not making it possible for them, in the places from which they come, to make their mark on society and to advance it. It will not be possible for them to do any of these things unless we concentrate on ‘education, education, education’, particularly, I think, the education of young girls and women. The longer we send girls to school and the more developed and educated they become, not only will they be better able to bring up their children, but they will also have children at a later age, and that is a significant element in a society moving forward. We need to concentrate our strengths; a policy in which the left hand does not know what the right is doing must be a thing of the past, and, most of all, we need a policy of optimism, and it is with that in mind that I would like to congratulate the Commissioner on his paper, and on the confidence to which it gives voice. I do know, though, that, even with combined strengths, it will take a long time before Africa is where we would like it to be, and, on the way there, we must try to help Africa to avoid making all the mistakes that we made in the course of our history. They are welcome to derive some benefit from our experience."@en1

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