Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-03-11-Speech-2-017"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-03-11"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Commission policy strategy for 2004/2004 budget guidelines2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030311.3.2-017"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-03-11-Speech-2-0182
lpv:speaker	lp:Yves Butel2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; PECH (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Ukraine and the EU-Moldova Parliamentary Cooperation Committees and Delegation for relations with Belarus (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 co-chair; EDD (2002-07-03--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Chasse, Pêche, Nature, Traditions (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Ladies and gentlemen, President Prodi, today, in addition to the Commission strategy for 2004, we are debating the economic and budget guidelines. As the economic and social climate is extremely tense, I am surprised by the optimism of the Commission communication and, to be frank, exasperated by this way of approaching debates. I could have written Paragraph 2 of the draft resolution on the state of the European economy which calls on European leaders at the next Spring Economic Affairs Council to avoid vague, self-satisfied speeches, and I would vote for it tomorrow. That, however, is the only part of this debate with which I agree. As far as the rest is concerned, there is a vast gulf between, on the one hand, the Commission’s lyrical flights of oratory as regards the most competitive European economy, the knowledge-based society, new governance and, on the other, the dashed hopes of growth and employment despite the repeated promises of the single market and the euro. It is shocking and cannot easily be explained. Perhaps Mr Prodi will be able to explain why the Commission is speaking this way when the analyses carried out by Eurostat and the OECD clearly paint a pessimistic picture. The government of my country has also, at last, accepted the facts, having shown excessive optimism for which, ironically, the Commission has not failed to criticise it. It is even more shocking to see that, faced with the facts, the Commission is persisting with enlargement and using all possible means to try to make the European Union attractive. I found the advertisements that appeared in the Maltese daily newspapers, announcing the sum of aid the country will receive if it joins the Union, to be particularly inappropriate. I experienced the same unpleasant feeling on reading the following part of your strategy for 2004: ‘Against this background, this Commission wishes to leave the foundations for the success of the enlarged Europe. In this context, this Commission notes that 2004 will see the completion of the objectives that it set at the beginning of its mandate’. This passage reminds me of another extract from five years ago, which stated that the mandate of the Commission at that time had been characterised by progress in several fields in order to prepare for the future with the necessary confidence and resources. This passage merits consideration in view of what happened to the previous Commission and the political objective of transparent, effective management. It is up to you to prove to us that you are not taking the same path, and that will not leave us much time to police the world."@en1

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