Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-03-29-Speech-3-095"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-03-29"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Mediterranean policy2
dcterms:Language	"it"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20000329.7.3-095"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-03-29-Speech-3-0962
lpv:speaker	lp:Cristiana Muscardini2
lpv:spokenAs	member; UEN (1999-07-22--2000-09-20)3 member; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (1999-09-10--2002-01-14)3 member; Delegation for relations with South Africa (1999-12-16--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Alleanza nazionale (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, the development of the Mediterranean requires, first and foremost, political strategies which do not allow bureaucracy to take over and stifle the whole process. Europe stands for the noble values of peace, freedom and social development, values which have to be constantly defended for the very reason that they were won at a high price. However, the economic progress of Europe is now threatened by globalisation, and our continent is in serious danger of recession due to competition from South-East Asia – where labour is one tenth of the price – the United States and Japan. Our defensive strategy of enclosing ourselves in a single market and barricading ourselves in will ultimately prove to be a losing one. We cannot shirk the challenges thrown up by globalisation, but have to learn how to approach and exploit them. The Mediterranean is still the greatest benchmark of Europe’s capacity to exert influence beyond its borders. The present issue consists in developing a Mediterranean policy in a Union which is skewed towards the north-east and is focusing less and less on the Mediterranean Basin in the South. The Mediterranean policy is set in a context of wide-ranging interests and latent tensions, and it therefore has to include various different elements such as the development of peace-keeping initiatives – now that the Middle East peace process has been relaunched – and we are grateful for the way that the Pope’s visit to the Holy Land is improving relations between the different religions, leading them towards mutual understanding and support, and the creation of partnership projects involving Northern and Southern Europe, for the very reason that the objective of transforming the Mediterranean into an area of dialogue, tolerance and cooperation that guarantees peace and stability cannot be achieved without firm political will and sustainable, balanced social development. The need for a different, more efficient Mediterranean policy for the developing countries in the Basin cannot be disregarded. Too many unnecessary interventions have been made, while the need remains for aqueducts, schools and the means for young graduates to build a life for themselves. Therefore, Mr President, much work still remains to be done."@en1

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