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"Madam President, as many other colleagues have said, one of the most worrying aspects of the violence at Göteborg is that it detracted from the action of many people who were there to demonstrate peacefully so as to make their legitimate concerns known to government leaders. The violence overshadowed the real message that came from the genuine demonstrators outside the summit, which was that people want to be more involved in this process of building the Europe of the future. They want to take part in a real public debate.
The post-Nice process and the Convention are crucial in ensuring that genuine democratic reform can be achieved and that European citizens can play a part in that. We welcome the commitment that was made in Göteborg to move ahead with accession negotiations so that the newest Member States can take part in the 2004 elections.
We also welcome the establishment of a European sustainable development strategy, albeit a much watered-down version of that originally presented by the Commission, which had contained ambitious targets and concrete measures. Sustainable development is about people: their economic and social needs as well as environmental conservation. Putting this into practice has huge implications. We cannot go on plundering our natural resources and then look to science and technology to try and mend the damage. We need a new approach.
Mr Persson referred to the importance of establishing the processes. The Cardiff European Summit in 1998 adopted what is referred to as the "Cardiff process", integrating environmental considerations into all areas of EU policy as the first step towards sustainable development. Göteborg did not provide the next major step in practical terms, after the Cardiff process, but the important link is there and the strategy can be built upon. Hopefully we will see this happen and will see progress in the spring summits from now on. This is essential if the EU is to make a major contribution to the Rio+10 world summit in 2002.
Another welcome decision at Göteborg was the plan to ratify the Kyoto Protocol, even without the USA, before the Rio+10 conference. This will send a very clear message, not only to the United States, but also to the rest of the world, about our commitment to this goal and our determination to combat climate change."@en1
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