Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-10-23-Speech-3-026"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-10-23"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Preparatory work for the European Council in Brussels on 24-25 October2
dcterms:Language	"el"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20021023.1.3-026"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-10-23-Speech-3-0272
lpv:speaker	lp:Ioannis Souladakis2
lpv:spokenAs	vice-chair; Delegation to the EU-Romania Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; BUDG (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; PES (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Panellinio Socialistiko Kinima (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I am positive that the penultimate step before Copenhagen will be taken in Brussels over the next two days on this exceptional policy, the European Union's policy of admitting ten new members. This step needs to be taken in a decisive and realistic manner which overcomes any petty perceptions and subsequent moves need to be determined by this step, not the other way round. I have just two or three comments to make as time is so short. First, Kaliningrad. Obviously, this problem needs to be resolved, not with a Gordian knot but with a clean sweep, by which I mean a harmonious, rational, functional solution that respects nations and states. Secondly, the widely discussed issue of the budget. We must not be mean and tight-fisted and we must not forget that the countries about to join the European Union have manpower in abundance but, unfortunately, limited resources. However, abundant manpower is what determines development and development is what we need to see. Thirdly, in connection with other issues which may have prospects or require decisions, the European Union of the 15 or of the 25, or of however many other members there may be, must remain an area of social cohesion, development and democracy. Clearly, therefore, any solutions to budgetary questions need to be resolved on the basis of these priorities. In other words, they must be predicated on the need for the European Union to maintain the values which it has already acquired and which must continue to apply, they must be predicated on peoples' priorities and not on petty political perceptions which, in the final analysis, are short-lived and are sometimes to do with antagonism of one sort or another, which gets us nowhere. Having said which, I am positive that two new steps forward will be taken over the next two days and, as we continue on this course, we at the heart of the European Union, the European Parliament, must generate the political spirit and climate which, unfortunately, tend to be lacking, reducing the debate from a debate on overcoming problems to a mean, tight-fisted debate."@en1

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