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dcterms:Date	"2000-11-14"^^xsd:date2
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20001114.9.2-270"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-11-14-Speech-2-2712
lpv:speaker	lp:Jas Gawronski2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Members from the European Parliament to the Joint Parliamentary Assembly of the Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Union (ACP-EU) (1999-09-14--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport (1999-10-07--2002-01-14)3 member; EPP-ED (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Temporary committee on the Echelon interception system (2000-07-06--2001-09-05)3 unknown; Forza Italia (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Latvia Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-10-08--2002-01-14)3 member; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to start by thanking the rapporteurs for the excellent reports which they have tabled today. The message sent by Parliament through these documents comes across loud and clear. It is my hope that the Commission and the Council will accept it with due interest and amend the two regulations accordingly. We are all aware of the importance of European Union aid for the Balkan region. The re-establishment of a democratic political system in Serbia is the start of a new chapter in history, but the Union must be the protagonist of this new phase rather than the passive, slothful observer which it has been thus far. Our technical and economic intervention must be large-scale and effective, for this is the very least the Union can do to give the region and the continent as a whole a stable future. We must bear in mind that there is still a long way to go along the road to peace in the Balkans and that potential friction points still exist which could well set the whole process back again. But this region, the most troubled region of Europe, has never held such hope as it does now. The virtually despotic Croatian system has been replaced with a pro-West democratic system. The vulnerable countries surrounding the remains of Yugoslavia have weathered the crisis, and, what is more, Bulgaria, Albania and Macedonia have even made economic progress. In the fine changes of balance currently governing the Balkan region, the responsibility of the European Union is great, enormous, and when we say the Union we mean the Member States but also the European and Parliament. The Member States make grandiose declarations of their intentions but these must be followed by a concrete financial undertaking. The European Commission must assume responsibility for the smooth running of these programmes, and this is the primary objective of the two reports which are to be put to the vote tomorrow. Parliament must be regularly consulted and updated on progress, and it is this, the second of the rapporteurs' requests, which we must all support."@en1

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