Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-12-01-Speech-3-096"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2004-12-01"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Financial perspectives2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20041201.11.3-096"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-12-01-Speech-3-0972
lpv:speaker	lp:Lambert van Nistelrooij2
lpv:spokenAs	member; REGI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; EPP-ED (2004-07-20--2007-02-14)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of the Andean Community (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 substitute; ITRE (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Romania Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2006-12-31)3 unknown; Christen Democratisch Appèl (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, it is important that we in this House should, today, seize the opportunity to have this opening debate. I am delighted that Mr Nicolaï from the Council has indicated that we will be doing this more frequently in future and that we will, every month, have the opportunity to put our fingers on the pulse. Nevertheless, this new Parliament has set very clear priorities with a view to pursuing the cohesion policy, because that proved effective in the past and because it has narrowed the gap between the differences between us in Europe. Alongside this, new initiatives, including the Lisbon agenda, have been taken. We are still not performing well, though. The Kok report has shown quite emphatically that we cannot afford to rest on our laurels, but need to invest. We need to do this at European level with renewed dynamism and right across Europe. There are also new challenges ahead. Today, for example, we were discussing the issue of Ukraine, and the new neighbourhood policy needs fleshing out; it needs investments. Those are new challenges and this House wants to meet them head on. My message is that we should draw lessons from what has happened in 1999, particularly in terms of regional policy. The first year, 1999, was not a productive year because the discussions we held were too tentative and too protracted. We must avoid 2007 being another tentative year, especially since the key objectives, if anything, require acceleration. We will therefore need to muster perseverance as a group. It is precisely the linking of instruments, a more integral approach to matters such as research, that opens up opportunities. That is the sort of attitude that the electorate expects of us. Fresh policy and new perspectives cannot be achieved with 1%. We will need more than that."@en1

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