Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-12-12-Speech-2-158"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-12-12"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Common strategy towards the Russian Federation2
dcterms:Language	"fi"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20001212.8.2-158"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-12-12-Speech-2-1592
lpv:speaker	lp:Paavo Väyrynen2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Suomen Keskusta (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 substitute; AFCO (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 vice-chair; ELDR (1999-07-20--2002-03-06)3 substitute; Delegation to the European Economic Area Joint Parliamentary Committee (EEA) (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, may I, on behalf of the European Liberal Democrats, thank and congratulate Mr Oostlander. His was a well prepared report. The Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, and Common Security and Defence Policy got its most important proposals approved and in the final vote we supported the adoption of the report. Mr Oostlander’s report clearly denounces the excessive use of force that Russia was guilty of in Chechnya. Failings in the implementation of human rights and democracy have also been clearly brought to light. On the other hand, the report supports a strategic partnership between the EU and Russia. Cooperation with Russia needs to be reinforced. A separate budgetary heading is being proposed for the Northern Dimension and increased aid to Russia, in general, is being recommended. The report also supports the development of energy cooperation between the Union and Russia. It is important for the Union that the availability of oil and natural gas is secured by creating alternatives. Moves to exploit the gas and oil resources in the Barents region should be speeded up, while, at the same time, production in the Komi and Caspian Sea regions and the infrastructure for transporting the products out of those regions should be improved in terms of technology. Now that the Nice Summit seems to be opening up the avenue towards swift enlargement of the Union, it is important to show determination in getting to grips with those problems which enlargement threatens to create for relations between the Member States and Russia. We need flexibility, particularly in arrangements regarding trade and the mobility of people. However, the main solution is for cooperation between the Union and Russia to be enhanced, bringing down the barriers between us. As the Union expands it will also be important to think about its internal differentiation, which might, for its part, ease border area problems. On the other hand, there is reason to hope the Russian Federation will also consider decentralising the power of decision and the issue of internal differentiation, allowing the possibility of abolishing borders. By this I mean, for example, making special economic areas of Kaliningrad, Murmansk, Karelia and other parts of Russia bordering the Union."@en1

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