Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-10-09-Speech-3-100"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-10-09"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Algeria2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20021009.7.3-100"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-10-09-Speech-3-1012
lpv:speaker	lp:Paul Marie Coûteaux2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Development and Cooperation (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; 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--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Rassemblement pour la France (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member_of_the_bureau; EDD (2001-12-11--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, this association agreement with Algeria comes at the right time and I also believe that it has become urgent since Algeria is finally struggling to emerge from a lengthy dark period in which it has found itself as a result of an ongoing attempt to destabilise it, comparable to the situation affecting all oil-rich countries across the world. A foreign, imperialist attack that, as elsewhere, used Islamic extremism for geopolitical ends, which we have been too short-sighted to see. Mrs Boumediene-Thiery brought up the main issue a moment ago when she reminded us of the United States’ desire to get its hands on Algeria’s mineral resources. The Algerian Government passed the test victorious in spite of its isolation and timidity, I would even say faintheartedness, for which European aid is chiefly to blame. In order for this association to be successful, it must not be limited to good intentions, or just to vague, exclusively economic, free trade agreements. It must also be a political association. In other words, we must get used to addressing all global political issues together with our Mediterranean partners. Furthermore, this is a prerequisite for the Mediterranean to remain at the centre of the world stage; unless this condition is met, we might become more African, Mediterranean or European, but have only a minor role to play in the twenty-first century world. In order to achieve this, we must clearly go beyond a simple association agreement with Algeria, as with other Maghreb countries, which are our closest allies. We need to alter the structure of Europe and leave behind any fantasies of supranationality and federalism so that we can include our Mediterranean neighbours in an expanded European Union, which will clearly make imperial powers see that they are up against a group of countries devoted to the preservation of liberty, that is to say …"@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"(The President cut the speaker off)"1

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