Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-01-15-Speech-3-203"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-01-15"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:The Northern dimension2
dcterms:Language	"fi"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030115.11.3-203"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-01-15-Speech-3-2042
lpv:speaker	lp:Marjo Matikainen-kallström2
lpv:spokenAs	vice-chair; Delegation to the European Economic Area Joint Parliamentary Committee (EEA) (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member_of_the_bureau; EPP-ED (2002-03-08--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Latvia Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-03-07--2004-04-30)3 member; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Kansallinen Kokoomus (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, those who think the Northern Dimension is buried are wrong. There is greater need for the project at present than ever before. With eastward enlargement we will have four new Member States on the shores of the Baltic Sea and the Union’s border with Russia will be longer than what it was before. The reliability of energy management in the Baltic countries will be among the challenges of the future. Something else will need to be found to replace bituminous shale and Ignalina. One cannot merely rely on gas imported from Russia. The Baltic Ring must be involved in the programme. The programme must also show clear links to EU relations with the northern parts of Norway, Iceland, Greenland, the United States of America and Canada. The aim is for the Northern Dimension to grow to rank with the MEDA Programme among other good EU programmes. The Northern Dimension, like the MEDA Programme too, is a matter for the whole of the EU. The project has, with reason, been criticised for having nothing concrete to offer. I hope that my report that was adopted in May 1999 by the European Parliament, which focussed specifically on concrete proposals, will serve as a cornerstone of the Northern Dimension. The problem with the Northern Dimension has been that funding has been scraped together from various EU programmes. The decentralised character of its management, spread among several of the Commission’s Directorates-General as it is, only complicates the work. The project is like a patchwork quilt. May the Commission organise itself in such a way that the development of the Northern Dimension is the responsibility of a high-ranking official in just one Directorate-General, as is the case with the MEDA Programme. I also support the idea that the Northern Dimension should have its own budget heading, which is in accord with my earlier proposals."@en1

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