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"Mr President, Madam President-in-Office of the Council, Mr President of the Commission, I will restrict myself to expounding three points. Firstly, the environment: the Radical Party has been raising the matter of the greenhouse effect, the hole in the ozone layer and the related dangers for over 15 years now. We feel that it is especially important that this matter is tackled resolutely and thoroughly in Gothenburg – as the Swedish Presidency intends to do – in the presence of President Bush as well. Parliament will express its opinion later on and we shall see the political groupings going to the defence of the Kyoto Protocol. We feel that it would, if necessary, still be possible to look into improving and fine-tuning the approach and objectives to be followed in order to avoid breaking the ties with our American allies, although they are the primary polluters of the planet, but we must certainly not give in to the temptation to perform further studies. There is nothing left to analyse: studies have been carried out and they show that the planet is in danger and that it is therefore necessary to act and do so quickly. The European countries should therefore put their hands on their hearts too and turn words into action.
I would also, Madam President, like to talk about transparency. You have attached great importance to transparency, and so I have two questions. The Irish referendum has shown that the system is absurd. We cannot negotiate over Gothenburg or Nice in the same way that we negotiated over Westphalia when Swedish and other troops were fighting the 30 Years War. Diplomatic negotiations have had their day: a European Union must be negotiated between citizens, between members of parliament, between players in internal affairs within our Union. The Swedish Presidency could give the signal for this to happen.
Lastly, Madam President, I would just like to say a few brief words about the agencies. Mr Persson is in danger of messing up in true southern Italian style
if he distributes
all the responsibilities at Gothenburg, maybe giving the Food Agency to Helsinki, to a country which, I would argue, is the least suitable location for it. Practise transparency in this as well and, if time runs short, carry the issue over to the next summit to allow time for a more public, more open debate on the location of these major European agencies."@en1
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