Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2007-06-19-Speech-2-270"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2007-06-19"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Conclusions of the G8 meeting - MDGs at the Midway Point (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"sv"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20070619.41.2-270"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2007-06-19-Speech-2-2712
lpv:speaker	lp:Anna Ibrisagic2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Moderata Samlingspartiet (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; AFET (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 substitute; EMPL (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; SEDE (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Croatia Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 member; EPP-ED (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, we talk a lot in this House about how much we pay in aid at present and about how much we should pay in the future. We always maintain that insufficient money is provided by way of aid and that the Millennium Development Goals will not be achieved. It will not be possible to achieve them if the developing countries do not receive such aid as enables them to develop their economies and thus help themselves. Those here in Parliament who know me are aware that I represent Sweden but that I came to Sweden almost 14 years ago as a refugee from Bosnia. I know therefore that when people are in a weak position and need help, they want aid of a kind that will enable them, within a short period, to help themselves and, as quickly as possible, become independent and autonomous and no longer need help. What they definitely do not want are people who feel sorry for them and the kind of aid that leads to their becoming dependent on help in the future too. It is also in the light of this that we must look at the criticism that I make of the report and in which I want to see still more emphasis on trade and its positive significance for development. Another matter not sufficiently emphasised by the report is liberalisation. The view that aid should increase without the developing countries being required, for example, to reduce their debts means that aid is given without any demands being made in terms either of liberalisation or debt restructuring. Without liberalisation, debts increase still more, however, and then we arrive at the situation I described at the beginning of my speech in which aid leads to dependence on aid – a state of affairs that should never come about."@en1

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