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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-11-29"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Preparation of Nice European Council and trade policy2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20001129.7.3-072"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-11-29-Speech-3-0732
lpv:speaker	lp:Bartho Pronk2
lpv:spokenAs	member; EMPL (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Christen Democratisch Appèl (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; BUDG (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Cyprus Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-10-08--2002-01-14)3 member; EPP-ED (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegations to the parliamentary cooperation committees and delegations for relations with Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova (1999-12-09--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, you certainly have to hand it to the United States these days. They are facing the greatest constitutional crisis they have had in a hundred years and all they keep saying is that their being able to have such a crisis shows how well-designed their system is. If we could only take a leaf out of their book, i.e. put a little less emphasis on the things that are going wrong in our part of the world, and a little more emphasis on the things that are going well, then we would be a good deal happier than we are now. I agree with everyone who has said that the Council must be put to the test. I also have my doubts. I hope they actually do what Elmar Brok has advised them to do. If they follow his advice then they will make a success of it. If they do not, then they will fail. It is particularly important, to my mind, for social policy and the Charter to be recognised in the Treaty by some means or other. But why is it that we always think we are doing so much worse than others are, even though there are no objective reasons for this? I think that to some extent it is down to a certain insecurity on the part of Parliament, and also on the part of the Council and the Commission, when it comes to putting across the message, but on the other hand, it is also a sure fire consequence of the below the belt attacks launched by the so-called ‘sceptics’. They have nothing to offer. What they offer is a Balkans type scenario, which is the worst thing imaginable. The Balkans is the sceptics’ ideal. To hear Mr Bonde talk, the Balkans is his ultimate ideal. We can expect no better of him. If we then see that these people have absolutely no alternative, would only bring us misery and would bring our industry into a much worse state than it is at present, then far too much notice is being taken of them. I feel it is also up to the Council to try to act not just for the sake of national interests but also for the sake of the common European interest, because united we stand, divided we fall, and we had better not forget it."@en1

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