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"I should like to pay tribute to Mr Kok, the former Dutch Prime Minister. With the support of a team, he drafted the report on the Lisbon strategy. This coincided with the Dutch Presidency. We all agree with the findings of the report. The European Union is lagging a long way behind, and the responsibility for this lies mainly with the Member States and national governments. I agree that we need to draw up national strategies for the Lisbon process and implement them consistently, but these strategies must be coherent, and not developed separately. We must create added value on the basis of regional cooperation between neighbouring EU Member States, and I can provide three examples of ways in which this could happen. Poland has a particularly large number of extremely well-educated young people, whereas the neighbouring countries of Germany and Sweden have well-developed high-tech industries. There are opportunities for development if we were to join forces. The Baltic countries have particular opportunities for cooperation in the field of secure energy supply, an issue that is important for Europe as a whole. The Czech Republic, Germany and Poland can make the greatest contribution to the implementation of the Kyoto Protocol. To this end, European clean coal and carbon dioxide capture technologies must be developed.
Regional cooperation also involves cooperation with the EU’s new neighbours, and the position taken by the Council on the issue of neighbourly relations with Ukraine is therefore key. We should assure Ukraine that the doors are open to its European ambitions, and we should promptly put in place an action plan for Ukraine with a view to promoting the development of civil society. Indeed there is also a need for measures to improve civil society within the EU. If this does not happen, we will not achieve our ambitious goals and crucially, millions of citizens will fail to understand the Lisbon process."@en1
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