Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-06-04-Speech-3-191"

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dcterms:Date	"2003-06-04"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Transatlantic relations2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030604.5.3-191"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-06-04-Speech-3-1922
lpv:speaker	lp:James Nicholson2
lpv:spoken text	"Madam President, I wish to begin by saying how much I welcome this debate and I congratulate the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy on its initiative. We have an opportunity after the recent events to rebuild and improve the transatlantic relationship – that has to be the challenge we take on board. The summit at the end of this month will give us the opportunity – which we should grasp – to begin building that new future. We cannot allow the past to overshadow the future. However, we have to realise that dialogue must involve both sides of the Atlantic. My experience in the last 12 months has been that the United States has not been engaged or focused and, to some extent, we must make it understand how Europe operates and works at this moment. The legislative dialogue must be restarted. We almost had it, and the US pulled out at the last moment. However, I will not give up on that particular point. We must have an early-warning system in place to pinpoint areas of potential disagreement at the earliest possible moment. To achieve this we will require radical rethinking of how we have conducted our relations to date within the Commission and Parliament. I will use the meeting at the end of the month between Congress and the Members of this Parliament to further promote the dialogue and ensure that we can restart it. There is no point using excellent fine words that we put on paper if we do not have the follow-through on both sides of the Atlantic and if we do not deliver. That is the important point. Finally, we all have to take responsibility for what has happened and to shoulder a little of the blame. This Parliament has a central role to play in this and must take on board its responsibilities, but the Council and the Commission must give us greater cooperation."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Ulster Unionist Party (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member_of_the_bureau; EPP-ED (2002-03-08--2004-07-19)3 chair; Delegation for relations with the United States (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 member; Conference of Delegation Chairs (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 substitute; AGRI (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; PECH (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Nicholson (PPE-DE )."1

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