Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-01-13-Speech-2-060"

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dcterms:Date	"2004-01-13"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Prospects for the Doha Development Round after the WTO General Council meeting of 15 December 20032
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20040113.4.2-060"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-01-13-Speech-2-0612
lpv:speaker	lp:Ilda Figueiredo2
lpv:spokenAs	member_of_the_bureau; EUL/NGL (2002-03-06--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Partido Comunista Português (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; EMPL (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; AGRI (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries and the Gulf (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Temporary committee on improving safety at sea (2003-11-20--2004-04-21)3 substitute; PECH (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I am grateful that we are now having this debate that we requested, although I am sorry that other political groups did not allow a motion for a resolution to be tabled on the negotiations at the World Trade Organization. The failure to reach an agreement at the WTO Ministerial Meeting in Cancún confirms the need to halt and reverse current trade liberalisation policies. We need to implement policies that promote fair and equitable trading systems, geared towards the sustainable development of each country’s true potential, without imposing relationships of dominance and dependence and also geared towards improving the living conditions of the various peoples of the world as a matter of urgency and towards reinforcing their rights and social . The Commission’s current mandate, however, obstructs this need. The great acts of social mobilisation that have taken place throughout the world, specifically at the European Social Forum, against the WTO and its various proposals, specifically the agreement on services, which jeopardises high-quality public services, prove the need for us to review the Commission’s mandate. We cannot allow the European Union to continue to align itself with the United States of America on fundamental areas of negotiation, specifically farming, the liberalisation of services, what are known as the ‘new Singapore issues’, investment, competition, and public procurement. Account must also be taken of areas that are important to the textiles and clothing industries, especially those in the countries of southern Europe such as Portugal, in order to safeguard employment and development in huge areas to which these industries are crucial. Consequently, we reiterate the need to review the current mandate in order to avoid the disastrous social and environmental effects of the trading systems that the WTO has put in place. We want to see fair and equitable trading, geared towards development, public health, respect for the environment and towards cultural diversity. We must grasp the opportunity provided by the failure to reach an agreement at Seattle, Cancún or recently in Geneva, to review the proposals presented by the Commission and to give consideration to this much-needed balance. Hence my question about the European Commission’s willingness to review its current mandate and to undertake negotiations in a new framework, respecting the principles that I have just referred to."@en1
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