Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-01-12-Speech-3-201"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2005-01-12"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Transatlantic relations2
dcterms:Language	"it"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20050112.10.3-201"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2005-01-12-Speech-3-2022
lpv:speaker	lp:Massimo D'alema2
lpv:spokenAs	member; AFET (2004-07-21--2005-06-06)3 member; PES (2004-07-20--2006-04-27)3 member; SEDE (2004-09-13--2006-04-27)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union (including Libya) (2004-09-15--2006-04-27)3 member; PECH (2004-07-21--2006-04-27)3 unknown; Democratici di Sinistra (2004-07-21--2006-04-27)3 member; Conference of Delegation Chairs (2004-09-22--2006-04-27)3 chair; Delegation for relations with Mercosur (2004-09-21--2006-04-27)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, we want Europe to be a friend of the United States. No global problem can be addressed without cooperation between the European Union and the United States. We therefore think it is right to take the opportunity offered by the new signals coming from the US administration to rebuild cooperation between the European Union and the United States and, in this context, President Bush’s visit will certainly be an important occasion. American decisions have certainly played a major part in the problems that have arisen in recent years, but the splits within Europe and our inability to put across our point of view have also been a factor. I therefore want to underline the fact that Mr Bush must find a Europe that is more united, true to its principles and proud of its identity. We must highlight what we have in common with the United States – freedom, freedom of the economy, democracy – but also what sets us apart, at least in relation to the current prevailing trends there – multilateralism, the primacy of law over force, and therefore the primacy of international institutions, which need to be reformed, the rejection of the death penalty and protection of the environment. Europe has to be able to influence the United States’ decisions, and it will be able to do so if it is united, if it is not split between a traditional, sterile anti-Americanism and the choice of those who rush to side with the coalition of the winners. Or the coalition of the willing, rather, because they are not winners, as the disaster in Iraq shows. Europe should therefore be itself, united and true to its principles. That will be the best basis for a more fruitful and constructive transatlantic relationship."@en1

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