Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-01-14-Speech-2-161"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-01-14"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Work programme of the Greek Presidency2
dcterms:Language	"el"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030114.5.2-161"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-01-14-Speech-2-1622
lpv:speaker	lp:Emmanouil Bakopoulos2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Dimokratiko Kinoniko Kinima (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with Switzerland, Iceland and Norway (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Slovak Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)3 member_of_the_bureau; EUL/NGL (1999-10-13--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, the Greek Presidency has come along at a crucial time for our planet, and not just because we are on the brink of at least one armed conflict. It is a crucial time because the only superpower, the United States, is doing all it can to turn its tremendous power into a global hegemony and, naturally, this is provoking a reaction. When we emerge from these vicissitudes, the entire world – and the European Union in particular – will be a different place, regardless of the outcome of the crisis. What is certain is that the post-war world order and its institutions will be the victims of the conflict and a different world will emerge from it. The European Union needs to have a view and an opinion about this new world. However, I get the impression that the prevailing mood in the institutions of the European Union is one of complacency, as if what is happening has nothing to do with us. I get the impression that many of us believe that we are living in a vacuum, in another world, immune from what is already happening and what is yet to come. In times such as these, a European Union presidency has to be able to rework the values which we say we stand for into a vision of the world to come, and to persuade the people of Europe that these values are worth fighting for. Only with this priority will a presidency be successful and worthy of the times we live in. Sittings come and go. So do programmes. However, the times we live in call for a return to the values of the people of Europe, as is only proper when we are fighting for peace."@en1

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