Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-10-11-Speech-3-259"

Predicate	Value (sorted: default)
rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-10-11"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:EU economic and trade relations with Mercosur (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20061011.21.3-259"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-10-11-Speech-3-2602
lpv:speaker	lp:Neelie Kroes2
lpv:spoken text	". Mr President, I should like to thank the House for its comments. I have taken careful note of them and I will convey them to my colleague, Commissioner Mandelson, for his consideration. For strategic and political reasons, the European Commission is totally committed to negotiating and concluding an ambitious and balanced agreement with Mercosur. Therefore, such an agreement remains a priority. Engaging in negotiations with other partners does not mean, by the way, that we are giving less priority to an agreement with Mercosur. The Treaty on Venezuela’s accession has been signed by the Mercosur members. However, in order for Venezuela to be a full member, that Treaty has to be ratified by the parliaments. We, the Commission, do not foresee any major obstacles to the negotiation process as a result of the accession of Venezuela. A lot has been said here about development. The EU is by far the biggest donor. We plan to pay out about EUR 50 million for the period between 2007 and 2013. I believe that, for economic, cultural and political reasons, both the European Parliament and the Commission share the same view in respect of concluding an ambitious and balanced association agreement between the EU and Mercosur. It is a strategic objective."@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Member of the Commission"1 "Neelie Kroes,"1

Named graphs describing this resource:

The resource appears as object in 2 triples

Context graph