Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-06-11-Speech-2-181"
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"Mr President, I would like to start with some good news from the Bali meeting: it was decided there to start a ten-year programme of work relating to sustainable patterns of production and consumption. Quarrels over diminishing but vital natural resources and decent living space may well be the cause of future conflicts or even wars. For this reason, natural resources must be brought under sustainable control and growth must be achieved without overexploitation of natural resources.
Unfortunately, as has been said here, the Bali meeting was otherwise a disappointment in many ways. We are still looking for sufficient levels of commitment to respond to the challenges of the future. The European Union must also demand full commitment on the part of the Rio+ partners to take further steps forward. The United States of America and the other industrialised countries are obviously primarily responsible, but the European Union must build a bridge to the less developed countries too. It is the European Union that ultimately has to serve as the motor that will keep development running and help us achieve these much needed steps forward at the forthcoming meeting.
For the European Union to be adequately effective, however, it must be strong internally. Consequently, all the institutions must speak with one voice. In two weeks’ time in Seville we shall have the chance to do just this and make the European voice heard. By the same token, we have to make sure that the European Parliament is effectively involved in the preparation process and coordination."@en1
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