Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-09-26-Speech-4-044"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-09-26"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Economic partnership agreements with ACP2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020926.2.4-044"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-09-26-Speech-4-0452
lpv:speaker	lp:Caroline Lucas2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, I warmly welcome this report and congratulate the rapporteur on her excellent work, particularly in expressing so clearly Parliament's understanding that trade is only a means to an end, and that end is sustainable development. All too often, in these institutions, there is a massive incoherence between European trade policy on one hand, and European development policy on the other, with trade concerns all too often undermining development objectives. With this report Parliament sends a very clear message that development concerns must come first. There are some key points I would like to underline. First, capacity. It simply beggars belief that some of the poorest ACP countries can possibly have the financial and technical resources to pursue the WTO's Doha agenda, the GATT's agenda, the NEPAD or FTAA agenda, at the same time as the EU economic partnerships agenda; and still at the same time still somehow pursue their own regional integration processes. Yet it is these very regional integration processes that the Commission says that it wants to support. We must get away from externally imposed timetables of which countries need to adopt new arrangements, and instead allow them to adapt at their own speed, according to their own development needs, just as the industrialised countries were able to do. Finally, I cannot over-emphasise the importance of waiting until we have the results of the impact assessments of these proposed economic arrangements. These must be conducted with the full participation of local people and we must have the results of those impact assessments before negotiations start. If necessary, we should be prepared to delay negotiations until we have them. Only in that way, can we be sure that the initiative will genuinely contribute to poverty eradication and sustainable development."@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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