Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-03-13-Speech-3-370"

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dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020313.15.3-370"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-03-13-Speech-3-3712
lpv:speaker	lp:Caroline Lucas2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, I should like to warmly welcome this report by Mrs Carlotti and congratulate her on her very thorough and far-reaching work. I am struck, in particular, by how strongly the theme of genuine partnership shines through; how the EU/ACP Joint Parliamentary Assembly is a unique relationship in modern political life and – imperfect as it is – it can stand as a model for new and innovative relations between North and South, which are perhaps today needed more urgently than ever before to build a more peaceful and sustainable world. That does not mean that there is not room to improve the workings of that relationship. I commend Mrs Carlotti for the proposal she makes in that regard. I would like to expand on a couple of them. First, if a partnership is a genuine one, then it must also be a consistent and coherent one; one that manifests itself not only in the EU's development policy but also in the EU's trade and economic policy; not only a partnership within the confines of the Joint Parliamentary Assembly, but a partnership that extends into other international institutions like the WTO, the World Bank and the UN. At the WTO in particular, there is enormous scope for the EU and ACP working more closely together. On trade there are some huge political challenges ahead, not least the negotiation of the regional economic partnership agreements. These have the potential to have damaging effects on some of the poorest ACP countries who are simply not ready to open their markets to the EU and who do not have the negotiating capacity to engage not only in this process and the WTO process but also in the process of their own regional cooperation agreements. It is therefore essential that the JPA plays an active role in shaping and monitoring this process. Greater involvement of civil society will also be key. I appreciate the proposals in the report which would enable the views of NGOs to be heard far more systematically in the JPA's proceedings. Finally, a partnership must be a partnership of equals. We urgently need to find the means and the resources to fund it, to address the basic imbalance between the representation of the EU side, reflecting Parliament's political make-up and spectrum of political views, and a system of representation of the ACP states based on one country, one vote, which prevents different political views being expressed. The JPA is a unique instrument of cooperation and solidarity, North and South. We need to value it, improve it, and build on it as a model for North-South cooperation."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	vice-chair; Temporary committee on foot and mouth disease (2002-02-21--2002-12-17)3 unknown; Green Party (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (2002-01-17--2003-04-02)3 member; G/EFA (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 vice-president; 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) (2002-02-06--2003-02-17)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Lucas (Verts/ALE )."1

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