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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-09-23"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Presentation by the Council of draft general budget - 20042
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030923.5.2-171"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-09-23-Speech-2-1722
lpv:speaker	lp:Maria Johanna (Marieke) Sanders-ten Holte2
lpv:spokenAs	vice-chair; Committee on Development and Cooperation (2002-01-22--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (2003-04-30--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 member; ELDR (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	". Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to make a couple of comments on the budget proposals for 2004 from the point of view of development cooperation. Although we are dealing with activity-based budgeting in this case, I cannot get away from the impression that this split has more to do with the Commission’s internal structure. Funds intended for development cooperation should also fall under this section. Yet we have seen that budget lines for Asia, Latin America and the Middle-East have been placed under the heading ‘External relations’. My committee finds this unacceptable. After all, fighting poverty is the main aim of European development policy. If these budget lines are placed under ‘Foreign relations’, this will be lost from sight. My second comment concerns our support for the reconstruction in Iraq. Regardless of the amounts mentioned, it must be made clear that this money cannot come from the pot for Heading 4, External action, which is limited as it is. In my opinion the flexibility instrument must be used for this. The third and last point I would like to mention is the target percentage of 35% for social infrastructure. The Commission has pointed out that it has achieved this figure in the last few years, but education and healthcare, which are after all two of the very important objectives of the Millennium Development Goals, still come off worst. I would therefore like to call upon the Commission to adhere to what was agreed at the social summit in Copenhagen in 1995."@en1

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