Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/1999-11-17-Speech-3-189"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"1999-11-17"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:WTO Millennium Round (continuation)2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.19991117.6.3-189"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:1999-11-17-Speech-3-1902
lpv:speaker	lp:Marie-Noëlle Lienemann2
lpv:spokenAs	vice-president; Parliament's Bureau (1999-07-20--2001-03-27)3,3 unknown; Parti socialiste (1999-07-20--2001-03-27)3,3 vice-president; European Parliament (1999-07-20--2001-03-27)3,3 member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (1999-07-21--2001-03-27)3,3 substitute; ECON (1999-07-22--2001-03-27)3,3 member; PES (1999-07-20--2000-03-07)3,3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, at Marrakech we were promised an assessment of the previous round of negotiations before entering into new negotiations. Today, this assessment has still not been made and there is a simple reason for that: it would not be a positive one. It would say that we should kill off liberal dogmas, as well as the old theory which says that wealth is created by developing trade. In 50 years, the volume of trade has increased seventeen-fold, whereas we have only produced twice as many goods in the world. It would also kill off the idea which says that the future of third-world countries would be improved. Inequalities have continued to increase there as they have in our own countries. It would say that we should change course, and that is what we are asking you to do, Commissioner. Changing course means firstly obtaining, by means of the existing package, the one that has already been negotiated, real social and environmental regulations, instead of vague references to standards that are never applied. Yes, that means setting up a logical approach in opposition to ecological and social dumping. This assessment would say “Beware, so as not to open up Pandora’s box in other sectors and I am thinking here particularly of investments. This Parliament has said “no” to the MAI for sound reasons and you, Commissioner, must uphold these arguments in order to prevent the investment sector experiencing the disasters we have seen happen in other areas. Finally, this assessment would condemn the patentability of “living things” and the fact that plants and life itself are becoming saleable commodities. The 20th century has been characterised by a fundamental crisis of humanism as a result of xenophobia and acts of genocide. I would not like to see the 21st century also characterised by a crisis of humanity on account of the all-powerful principles of money and the market taking precedence over the development of mankind and over the fundamental values that make human life what it is."@en1

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