Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-03-26-Speech-3-022"
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Ladies and gentlemen, the spring Council met in Brussels to discuss the economic and social situation in the Union. This was the third European Council summit meeting with this agenda. As you all know, the objective of the Lisbon strategy is to make the European economy the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy in the world, capable of sustainable economic growth with more and better jobs and greater social cohesion.
Before the Council was convened, the view was expressed that this Council should not meet or that it should deal solely with the war in Iraq. The Presidency did not agree with these views. We have a direct interest in developments in Iraq. We are particularly concerned that there should be no human casualties and we are particularly concerned about the civilian population in Iraq. However, this does not mean that we should abandon our main mission, by which I mean our policies for economic development and employment in Europe, especially in the current climate of recession and unemployment.
It would have been wrong to allow the summit to become a casualty of the war. That would have played right into the hands of all those who take pleasure in highlighting Europe's inability to cope with crucial situations."@en1
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"(Members on the left held up placards reading ‘Stop the war’ and ‘Stop the killers’ and the words ‘Thousands are being killed’ were heard in the background)"1
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