Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-10-21-Speech-2-154"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-10-21"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:2004 budget procedure2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20031021.5.2-154"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-10-21-Speech-2-1552
lpv:speaker	lp:Bartho Pronk2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Christen Democratisch Appèl (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; EMPL (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; BUDG (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; EPP-ED (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with Switzerland, Iceland and Norway (2002-03-07--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, I would also like to offer the rapporteurs my heartfelt thanks and with regard to social policy I would say that a number of problems do still remain. I am pleased that Mr Mulder’s programme for small and medium-sized businesses in Central and Eastern Europe can also be used for health and safety. I hope that he will confirm this, because otherwise the value of the programme is less than I had thought. I believe that fortunately this is not the case. So much for my first point. My second point is that of the celebrated 500 million. I have EUR 10 here in my hand and perhaps I can give them to the Group of the Party of European Socialists. Then they can offer them to the Conference in Madrid, they are just as much a pittance as the 200 million that they are willing to give at the moment. It is of course very bad that we say to a country that is in such difficulty, a country that in theory could be one of the richest countries in the world and that perhaps one day will be again, that we say to it: ‘No, we can give you 200 million,’ – although money is always given back by the European Commission at the end of the year – ‘More is out of the question and anyone who asks for more is behaving irresponsibly.’ Then it seems we are concerned with bookkeeping and not really with the resolution of problems. Sure enough, we can also put up EUR 10, then we are being even more responsible and then perhaps everything will be fine. However, I believe that we are then failing in our duty, that we are then acting as bookkeepers and not as politicians. However, we are meeting here in this Chamber as politicians and therefore we must also talk about the actual problems. It may of course be that there is some other reason, but we must be prepared to reveal what it is. I would very much like to hear what it is."@en1

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