Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-06-19-Speech-4-120"
| Predicate | Value (sorted: default) |
|---|---|
| rdf:type | |
| dcterms:Date | |
| dcterms:Is Part Of | |
| dcterms:Language | |
| lpv:document identification number |
"en.20030619.3.4-120"2
|
| lpv:hasSubsequent | |
| lpv:speaker | |
| lpv:spokenAs | |
| lpv:translated text |
".
Although I once again feel an urgent need to re-establish the transatlantic relationship between the USA and the EU (see the Union for Europe of the Nations Group (UEN)’s Amendment No 27, which was approved), I was forced to vote against this motion for a resolution. I regret the utterly unnecessary and misplaced decision to include Section 5, which advocates positions in relation to the workings of the Union’s foreign policy which do not correspond with those established in the Treaties and which do not deserve our support. Furthermore, at a time when our task was to heal all the wounds inflicted on transatlantic relations by recent tensions caused by leftists and other anti-American groupings, I object to the resolution’s failure to resist the temptation of compromise with a language and thinking fundamentally hostile to our US allies. This hostility is illustrated in Sections 8 and 14. I reject both the decision to censure Member States seeking alliance and partnership with the US, and also the implicit condemnation of those Member States of the Union which did not bow to the abortive attempt at a Franco-German
. Insistence on such language and attitudes can only have negative consequences for the interests of the European Union and its Member States. Given the generally infelicitous state of the final text of this compromise, I regret the withdrawal of the motion for a resolution on this subject tabled by Mrs Muscardini, Mr Collins and Mr Queiró, which I would have supported with pleasure."@en1
|
Named graphs describing this resource:
The resource appears as object in 2 triples