Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-04-10-Speech-3-032"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-04-10"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Euro-Mediterranean Foreign Ministers' meeting (Valencia, 22/23 April 2002)2
dcterms:Language	"it"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020410.2.3-032"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-04-10-Speech-3-0332
lpv:speaker	lp:Pasqualina Napoletano2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Democratici di Sinistra (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; PES (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Mr President-in-Office of the Council, Commissioner, I feel that today’s debate is appropriate for it places the debate we held yesterday in a more general context: the Middle East, the Mediterranean, Europe. I would like to thank the rapporteur for his acceptance of contributions from all the groups to this report, which I believe will be a genuinely useful contribution to the Valencia meeting, and because he has used and accorded due importance to the contributions of all the political groups. I would also like to thank the Commission for presenting an effective communication containing innovative proposals, which Parliament wishes to strengthen and promote through the Esteve report. In this regard, I would like to emphasise three points. Firstly, the Mediterranean is now the Union’s strategic priority. After enlargement, that is our political priority. We must therefore be consistent as regards both our policies and our resources. Secondly, we need to explode this myth that the partnership primarily concerns the free market. We need to make this partnership a major policy that includes the economic, social and cultural aspects and the questions of training and the parliamentary institutions. We want to enrich this partnership much more than it has been in the past. Thirdly, we need a human rights policy. We cannot oscillate between and threatening to suspend the agreements; there must be commitment from all the institutions, particularly the Commission, to promoting human rights in the countries of the Mediterranean region. We are concerned – myself, in particular – because the more power the Commission gives to its offices in the Mediterranean countries, the more important it will be that it is efficient and capable of resisting pressure from those regimes. Otherwise, we will be throwing our money away. Lastly, I have to say that we would like to strengthen the institutional dimension of this partnership, giving the Parliamentary Assembly a leading role, involving ourselves in the initiative too and strengthening the two institutions proposed by the Commission, namely the Bank and the Foundation."@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Realpolitik"1

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