Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-10-13-Speech-3-050"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2004-10-13"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Stocktaking of the Prodi Commission2
dcterms:Language	"sv"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20041013.3.3-050"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-10-13-Speech-3-0512
lpv:speaker	lp:Gunnar Hökmark2
lpv:spokenAs	member_of_the_bureau; EPP-ED (2004-08-31--2007-02-14)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 substitute; ITRE (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Israel (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 unknown; Moderata Samlingspartiet (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; ECON (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, we have an historic enlargement behind us which is one of the reasons why we are now living in a Europe that is better than ever and better for our generation than for any previous generation. For that, I think that the Commission and the Member States deserve both thanks and congratulations. At the same time, it is a new Europe that is faced with new challenges, and it also has to be said that the present Commission has not been equally successful at dealing with many of those challenges, specifically when it comes to being able to rise above the temptations of national party politics. If this cannot be done, there will be insufficient impetus for pressing ahead with the European project of unification. We are concerned here with the ability to drive the Lisbon process forward. We now face the challenge of ensuring that enlargement is successful in a real, and not just a formal, sense. This demands a Lisbon process ensuring that all parts of the EU can become progressively more competitive and that the new Member States are given the opportunity to grow on their own terms, and not on someone else’s. It also makes demands of our ability to operate in an international context. The European Union must have a credible policy for the Middle East, and that is why it is important for the EU to have the strength and ability to identify those threats to peace that exist. The big threat to peace in the Middle East lies not with the small democracy there but with the big dictatorships. It lies, in particular, with a country that openly supports terrorism, that has the open aim of destroying another country and that constantly shows the extent to which it is equipped with nuclear and medium-range weapons. I believe that the European Union must also develop a policy for the Middle East that dares to get to grips with the problems that Iran now presents."@en1
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