Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-03-29-Speech-3-122"
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"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I read the documents we are discussing today with interest and I noticed that Parliament’s request affects a great many sectors, maybe even too many. We want peace, and rightly so – the point has just been discussed – we want health, we want prosperity, we want efficient public services and we want social progress. Now, in my opinion, when you ask for everything – which it is always a good idea to do, just in case – the results are often unspectacular. I feel that we should carefully pinpoint the areas in which bilateral measures or Union interventions can be employed in the Mediterranean countries.
If we choose wisely, there are certain sectors which would undoubtedly yield good results. Firstly, local government, which needs to be knocked into shape through privatisation, which has already begun in certain countries, and the provision of technology. Then, the health services, which we discussed only recently, which need to be improved through staff training, with technical staff being trained locally and specialised medical staff receiving the input of the European countries as well. Finally, heightening the intensity of inter-programme exchanges, as is specified by the MEDA programme, which has so far failed to materialise. With regard to this programme, with which I had to deal in various different contexts in committee, I have to say that I was disappointed at the difficulty of obtaining information and also of reporting that information and its implications to Parliament.
This Commission still has enough time: it has only been in place a few months, and so there is still time for it to invest energy in its work and to provide Parliament with more detailed information …"@en1
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