Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-02-17-Speech-4-115"

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dcterms:Date	"2000-02-17"^^xsd:date2
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dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20000217.4.4-115"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-02-17-Speech-4-1162
lpv:speaker	lp:Gary Titley2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, I am full of praise at the sterling efforts of MEPs -–some of my Labour colleagues among them – on the ACP-EU Joint Assembly and their efforts towards securing a new Lomé Agreement, which will benefit some of the poorest countries in the world. Few of my constituents will probably be aware that the EU is the biggest foreign aid donor in the world. While others may have the biggest rockets, the EU has the deepest pockets. This is something that the EU can rightly be proud of, and I think we should shout it from the rooftops more often. The Labour Government’s record in Britain is also a proud one. Clare Short, MP, is one of the few Cabinet-level Ministers for international development in the world and, as such, can take her case to the very heart of government. Gordon Brown, MP, meanwhile, has led international efforts to relieve crippling levels of Third World debt and ensured that Labour’s campaign to reduce poverty does not end at the English Channel. Whether through the minimum wage in Manchester or debt relief in Durban, Labour’s aim of poverty reduction remains the same. There is still much to be done, however. The next great challenge is to re-launch the new round of world trade negotiations that failed to take off last December in Seattle. It must be a ‘development round’, in which developing countries, effectively excluded from previous rounds, are fully included. For the best way to reduce world poverty is to help developing countries help themselves. Developing countries want trade not aid, a help up not a hand-out. And the best way to help developing countries help themselves is to open up world markets to allow them to sell their products. In this way, the power of globalisation can be harnessed for the good, to benefit the poor not just the wealthy, the many not just the few. Thus, whether through the New Deal in Newcastle or fair trade in Freetown, Labour’s aim of opportunity for all remains the same."@en1
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lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Titley (PSE ),"1 "in writing"1

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