Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-10-03-Speech-3-067"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-10-03"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Extraordinary European Council of 21 September 2001 in Brussels – Preparatory work for the European Council in Ghent2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20011003.2.3-067"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-10-03-Speech-3-0682
lpv:speaker	lp:Nelly Maes2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Committee on Development and Cooperation (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 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 unknown; Volksunie (1999-07-20--2002-01-07)3 vice-chair; G/EFA (1999-07-20--2002-01-07)3 member; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Slovak Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-10-19--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, President-in-Office of the Council, I fully share the sentiments of Mr Van Velzen concerning Mr Bolkestein. As far as the debate on terrorism is concerned, I share the views of Messrs Van den Berg, De Rossa and others who have recommended a broader approach. But since I was absent during the last debate, I would like to come back to it. Following on from the debate on terrorism, I would like to add that we in Europe too must prevent grounds for frustration from developing or continuing to exist. This is also relevant to enlargement. Commissioner, it is vital for the political criteria of democracy, human rights and rights of minorities to be just as much respected as the quantitative aspects of enlargement. With enlargement will come a number of small countries such as the Czech Republic, Slovakia and the Baltic States. We therefore wonder what, in future, the place and rights of the constitutional regions will be, some of which see themselves as nations equivalent to others that have their own state. They must be given their place. Not only Flanders, but also Scotland, Wales, the Basque Country, Galicia and others spring to mind. I am thinking of all those constitutional regions which might feel obliged to apply for Member State status, simply because Member States are the only States acknowledged within Europe. In other words, if we fail in a future debate to give regions and nations a place in Europe, we in fact further separatism. That is not what I want. I would like regions to be able to help build a federal Europe, a federal Europe that is often curbed by the Member States themselves. I would therefore urge you to include a paragraph on regions."@en1

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