Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-09-25-Speech-3-017"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-09-25"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Outcome of World Summit on Sustainable Development2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020925.1.3-017"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-09-25-Speech-3-0182
lpv:speaker	lp:Claude Turmes2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, the lack of success of Johannesburg was due to the change in the political climate. This change in the political climate is taking place not only in the US, but also in the EU because we have a much more trade-dominated political agenda than we did in 1992. The Verts/ALE Group today considers that we will no longer be credible in the eyes of the G77 countries if we do not change this and add four cornerstones to our international policy. Firstly, monitoring is not sufficient. We need a binding agreement in the EU on 0.7% of ODA. Secondly, we must stop export subsidies on agriculture. Thirdly, we must progress in Europe in the area of production and consumption patterns. Fourthly, we must stop trade dominance and restore a better balance between multilateral environmental agreements and trade, and also introduce binding agreements for big business with regard to their corporate and social responsibility. If we look at the way the negotiations were handled in Johannesburg – and this is another reason for its lack of success – in the first week we had a Commissioner who was primarily interested in trade issues. There may have been very good reasons why the Commissioner for the Environment was only able to attend for some 48 hours, but on top of this we had a Commissioner who had determined a substantial part of the negotiations, without any democratic scrutiny, in secret negotiations months ahead of the whole summit. Finally, we were less well prepared with regard to the energy partnership than we were on the water partnership. That was another reason why we were not able to move ahead quickly on this and you, Commissioners, signed a letter in which you tried to readdress the question of the role of nuclear energy in this partnership. Can you give us a clear message that we in Parliament will be much more involved in the future of this partnership, as we requested in our report?"@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; G/EFA (2002-01-08--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (2002-01-17--2004-03-07)3 substitute; EMPL (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Les Verts (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Malta Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"(Applause)"1 "Turmes (Verts/ALE )."1

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