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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.20000329.7.3-115"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-03-29-Speech-3-1162
lpv:speaker	lp:Antonio Tajani2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Forza Italia (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 substitute; EMPL (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Delegation for relations with Israel (1999-10-06--2002-01-14)3 member; PECH (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member_of_the_bureau; EPP-ED (1999-10-12--2003-10-14)3 substitute; PETI (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, I feel that progress in the Middle East peace process is crucial to the development of the Euro-Mediterranean policy, and that this issue is central to the resolution we are debating today. However, we must ponder the European Union’s role in furthering the peace process. Clearly, the European Union cannot take sides, and I feel that it should, instead, make a substantial contribution to the economic development of the whole area, focusing, in particular, on economic growth in the communities that border Israel, for, quite apart from religious issues, the political conflict is without doubt exacerbated by marked social inequalities. Consider the difference between the income of Israeli citizens and that of the inhabitants of the neighbouring countries and territories which border the State of Israel. An improvement in the economic well-being of these communities would certainly mitigate the explosive political and social situation which has resulted in repeated conflict. One of the European Union’s main tasks is to minimise tensions. I therefore support all the points of this report which highlight the need for economic interventions that bolster the development of programmes and the development of private investment and boost the presence of private operators from the European Union in the territories which border Israel. This will further economic stability, which will go a long way towards defusing some of the social conflict. If we succeed, if the European Union succeeds in doing this, it will have made a substantial contribution to securing peace in the Middle East."@en1

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