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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-11-14"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Euro-Mediterranean conferences in Marseilles2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20001114.6.2-168"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-11-14-Speech-2-1692
lpv:speaker	lp:Gérard Caudron2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation to the EU-Poland Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-10-06--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Parti socialiste (1999-07-20--2002-07-09)3 member; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Cyprus Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-10-08--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 member_of_the_bureau; PES (1999-07-20--2002-01-16)3 substitute; Temporary committee on the Echelon interception system (2000-07-06--2001-09-05)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, every day that passes is punctuated by developments in the current crisis in the Middle East and every day that passes is a further indication, as if this were needed, that everything that happens in the South and around the Mediterranean is of direct concern to us, and affects our daily lives. When things go well in the South, peace is possible, democratic progress can be achieved, there is more economic development and less illegal emigration. In short, there is hope. When things go badly in the South, we have war, violence, fundamentalism – and this also affects the areas in Europe in which we live – not to mention the risk of a new oil crisis. Today, once again, we face the worst possible scenario. This is quite clear from looking at current events. Some of us have been saying all this time and time again for many years in this House. Unfortunately, for many years, too, factors such as the enlargement of Europe to the East, the Balkans crisis and wars have displaced the South in the minds of a great many Europeans, hence the repeated delays in Mediterranean processes and policies. We have seen cuts in appropriations and problems in harnessing these appropriations. The general negotiations are bogged down; there are delays in the negotiations for association agreements and even greater delays in ratification procedures. This creates the most serious disappointment in our partners in the South and our political influence, that of Europe, has suffered as a result, even though we continue to be, in spite of everything, the foremost financial backers of the South. We must therefore, as several of us have said this afternoon, immediately tighten up our political objectives with regard to the South, support the appropriations that have been committed, expedite the association agreements with the partner countries, make the Charter for Peace and Stability a priority once again, make great efforts to assist development and do something about the burden of debt of the poorest countries. At long last we must open up our markets to their produce, and standardise our regulations for the reception and asylum of persons immigrating into Europe. To sum up, we must restore Europe’s confidence in its determination to achieve a real partnership with the South. Everyone is aware of this. We must make a quantitative, but also a qualitative effort. The Commission and the Council claim to want this. We are willing to believe them, but the countries of the South need more than just promises and speeches, and it is up to us to give them those things. No doubt, Marseilles is our last chance for that. This is one of the major issues of the French Presidency."@en1

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