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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	"it"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030311.3.2-033"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-03-11-Speech-2-0342
lpv:speaker	lp:Gianni Pittella2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 member; PES (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Democratici di Sinistra (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; PETI (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; BUDG (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I too would like to thank the rapporteurs. However, I would particularly like to thank President Prodi for stating in a very wide-ranging speech a political fact: these are terrible times but the Union must press ahead with its projects and ambitions. The historical goal we are about to achieve – the enlargement of the Union – calls for total consistency in our budgetary decisions. In this regard, too, Parliament will play its part, which is not the part of a solicitor who merely writes reports and accepts the decisions of others without having any influence. There are four main European policies which will contribute to enlargement: cohesion policy, the common agricultural policy, the TENs policy and the policy for cooperation between small and medium-sized enterprises. The success of enlargement and integration will depend to a large extent on the way these policies are revised and the importance given to them in the budget. There are just two things I want to say. Firstly, I believe that we need to reconsider the funding allocated to the TENs and the Union’s contribution, simplify the procedures and reinvigorate the North-South dimension as well as the East-West dimension. Secondly, I believe we need to increase the internationalisation of small and medium-sized enterprises and their ability to form partnerships with the small and medium-sized enterprises of the candidate countries. To this end, it would be beneficial to enhance the current instruments and the current pilot project on enlargement and SMEs and take the opportunity afforded by the mid-term review of Agenda 2000 to give a clear boost to the measures facilitating the internationalisation of small and medium-sized enterprises."@en1

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