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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-04-08"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Vote2
dcterms:Language	"pt"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030408.2.2-070"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-04-08-Speech-2-0712
lpv:speaker	lp:José Ribeiro E Castro2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; UEN (1999-11-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; AFCO (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Members from the European Parliament to the Joint Parliamentary Assembly of the Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Union (ACP-EU) (2002-02-06--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Partido Popular (1999-11-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	". I share the rapporteur’s conviction about Macao’s importance as a bridge between the EU and the People’s Republic of China because of its history and its cultural links with Europe, especially with Portugal. I agree with his assessment of the positive developments in the Macao Special Administrative Region (MSAR) and I see that the ‘one country, two systems’ formula is working. Similarly, I agree with the priority the rapporteur attaches to appointing an EU-Macao Cooperation officer to the MSAR, reiterating the position already adopted by the European Parliament and which I have called for in various questions to the Commission. I wish to highlight the need to promote and diversify cooperation between the EU and Macao, and I hope that this report and its approval will make a vital contribution to all EU bodies’ involvement in promoting this cooperation. I welcome the report’s aptness and clarity and I thank the rapporteur for the support he has given the recently formed EP/MSAR Friendship Group, which I launched a short while ago. I also wish to thank him for the favourable response he has given to the amendments I tabled. One such amendment emphasises the particular importance the Chinese authorities attach to Portuguese language speaking and the enormous recognition given by the European Parliament to Portuguese which is, in terms of the number of speakers, Europe’s third most important world language."@en1

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