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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-10-25"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:VOTE2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20011025.1.4-106"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-10-25-Speech-4-1072
lpv:speaker	lp:Jean-Claude Fruteau2
lpv:spokenAs	vice-chair; Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia and the South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) (1999-07-13--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; Parti socialiste (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; PES (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 member; Committee on Development and Cooperation (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	". On Tuesday, 11 September 2001, airliners full of passengers crashed into two symbols of American omnipotence, in this case the twin towers and the Pentagon. America was wounded to the core, but an entire vision of civilisation was also attacked. There is one lesson that we must learn from this appalling act inflicted on the United States, globalisation’s main player and beneficiary in a process which is becoming increasingly inegalitarian. The lesson is that the industrialised countries can no longer afford not to discuss North-South relations. The outbursts seen in Seattle, Göteborg and Genoa bore the first symptoms of this global divide. We must now ask searching questions, particularly about the bodies that regulate globalisation. Mr Désir’s report is enlightening on this matter. In Seattle, for example, the United States’ delegation comprised around 150 people and those of Japan and the European Union around one hundred, whereas most of the developing countries had just one representative. In such circumstances, it is difficult for the world’s poorest countries to ensure that the voice of their people is heard. Although the legitimacy of the WTO cannot be questioned, its workings, its transparency and its effectiveness in terms of wealth distribution are debatable to say the least. I would say that the rapporteur’s proposals intended to respond to this threefold challenge are a step in the right direction, and that is why I have voted in favour of his report. Nevertheless, our action must not stop there: we must also take direct action on the debts of poor countries, show less arrogance towards our southern partners and more respect for them, and stop trying to impose our form of civilisation on them. The fourth WTO ministerial conference, due to take place in Doha, in Qatar, in November, is in this sense an opportunity that we must grasp if we are to translate our fine-sounding words into practical action, like pillars supporting a fairer world, in which there is greater solidarity between nations."@en1

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