Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-01-19-Speech-3-037"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-01-19"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Action programme of the Portuguese Presidency including the situation in Angola2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20000119.2.3-037"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-01-19-Speech-3-0382
lpv:speaker	lp:Johannes Blokland2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Staatkundig Gereformeerde Partij - Gereformeerd Politiek Verbond - Reformatorisch Politieke Federatie (1999-07-20--2002-03-17)3 co-chair; EDD (1999-07-20--2001-01-29)3 member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 substitute; ECON (1999-07-21--2000-02-02)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Slovak Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-09-28--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Slovenia Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, although Portugal, the first country to hold the EU Presidency this millennium, has drawn up a clear work schedule, I still have a few questions to which I would like an answer from the presidency. First of all, I am pleased that Portugal welcomes the pending enlargement of the European Union. This also allows scope for widening the agenda of the next IGC. Apart from the three Amsterdam leftovers, urgent, far-reaching reforms are required to be able to embrace the new Member States. In addition, the Presidency gives priority to reinforcing the CFSP. Last week, during the joint meeting of the American Congress and our Parliament, it transpired that there is also concern on the part of the Americans as to who will be footing the bill for the CFSP. Will this be at the expense of the budget which the EU countries are now handing over to NATO? The Presidency is proposing an additional summit to deal with employment policy, among other issues. I reiterate our view that it would be far preferable to organise this at local level. As regards economic reforms, I recommend we take Ireland and the Netherlands as our examples. These countries have now put their own house in order and are, as such, worth imitating. Quite a few sections in the work schedule deal with food safety. But what exactly does the Presidency want? Finally, I would ask how the Presidency is hoping to achieve agreement on the statute and how it views the independent investigation of experts into the weighting of EP Membership. Will the Presidency defend the outcome of the investigation in the Council?"@en1

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