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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"1999-10-06"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Opening of the Millennium Round (continued)2
dcterms:Language	"es"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.19991006.6.3-169"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:1999-10-06-Speech-3-1702
lpv:speaker	lp:Carlos Westendorp Y Cabeza2
lpv:spokenAs	member; PES (1999-07-20--2003-06-17)3 chair; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 substitute; AFCO (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Partido Socialista Obrero Español (1999-07-20--2003-06-17)3 member; Conference of Committee Chairs (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Mr President-in-Office of the Council, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, Erika Mann has given a good – if rather brief – summary of the Group of the Party of European Socialists’ current position on the Millennium Round, so I shall not dwell on it any further. I just have two observations which I would like to share with the Council and with the Commission – and they are two sides of the same coin. These are, to be precise, the need to include our citizens in this important exercise, and to deal with their legitimate concerns. My first observation concerns the need to include the European Parliament in the forthcoming negotiations. This is not simply a matter of making a claim for this institution, and nor is it a childish desire to be in the limelight. It is a question above all, of ensuring that the problems that this round poses for our citizens can reach the European Union’s negotiator at all times, as we have seen from what previous speakers have said, as well as the solutions that these citizens expect of the negotiators. This is the only way to ensure that these demands reach the Union’s representatives. And these demands will have all the more force if Parliament presents a united front with the Commission and with the Council. This therefore, is my first observation. My second observation justifies my first request and that is that our citizens’ main concerns are heading in an apparently opposing direction. On the one hand, we are perfectly aware that this round should not result in empty words, but should instead provide a net benefit for everyone, especially for the developing countries. On the other hand, our society has legitimate concerns about the challenges that the phenomenon of globalisation poses for us: respect for human rights and of fundamental social liberties, the protection of the environment and the preservation of nature, as well as the protection of our consumers’ health. My question to the Council and to the Commission is this: how can we reconcile these two apparently contradictory issues?"@en1

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