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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"1999-09-14"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Statement by Mr Prodi (continued)2
dcterms:Language	"pt"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.19990914.4.2-090"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:1999-09-14-Speech-2-0912
lpv:speaker	lp:José Pacheco Pereira2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Partido Social Democrata (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 vice-president; European Parliament (1999-07-20--2002-01-14)3 member; EPP-ED (1999-07-20--1999-10-11)3 vice-president; Parliament's Bureau (1999-07-20--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President-designate of the Commission, you began your intervention by talking about East Timor. I thank you for your interest in this matter, and I call on the Commission to understand clearly that the issue of Timor will, unfortunately, remain open for some time, and to demand that urgent action be taken, both in terms of humanitarian aid and in political and security terms, because the announcement of intervention by an international force does not guarantee security conditions in the region, as it must intervene without any kind of condition imposed by the Indonesian authorities, and the urgency of providing humanitarian aid is URGENT in the true sense of the word. I can confirm this as I witnessed the elections in Timor personally, on behalf of this Parliament. The situation is extremely serious and requires immediate intervention and relentless, immediate pressure from all European institutions because nothing has yet been guaranteed. The start of a new Commission’s work is a moment of hope for Europe. We know that the circumstances in which the proposal for the composition of the Commission arrived in this Parliament were far from ideal. We know and reaffirm the legitimate doubts as to the factors which led governments to the individual nomination of Members, and we see with some concern that the composition of the Commission takes into account neither the results of the recent European elections nor the old tradition of political pluralism. But these objections do not mean that we do not wish the Commission well in its task. The forthcoming turn of the century will be a decisive event for Europe. We hope that the Commission will be able to face up to what will probably be its main task, which is to reconcile social and economic cohesion with enlargement. If it does not achieve these two objectives in a coherent and integrated way, it will find it very difficult to make the borders showing Europe’s politics and well-being match Europe’s geographical borders. Conscious of the fact that this is the Commission’s main task, we would like to assure Professor Prodi and the Members of the Commission that we wish them well in their work and to state that he can count on the votes of the Portuguese MEPs of the European People’s Party."@en1

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