Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-03-09-Speech-3-059"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2005-03-09"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Mid-term review of the Lisbon strategy (continuation)2
dcterms:Language	"hu"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20050309.5.3-059"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2005-03-09-Speech-3-0602
lpv:speaker	lp:Edit Herczog2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; CONT (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; SEDE (2004-09-08--2007-01-14)3 member; IMCO (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Magyar Szocialista Párt (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2004-09-15--2007-03-14)3 substitute; ITRE (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Switzerland, Iceland and Norway and to the European Economic Area (EEA) Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 member; PES (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"I would like to start with a question from twenty years ago: what was the coat of arms of COMECON? (COMECON was the economic coordination organisation of the East European countries.) The answer is: a green field with ten thin cows all milking each other.I am convinced that if the European Union does not make some crucial decisions within one or two years – decisions which the Member States will implement – then in twenty years’ time this could be the coat of arms of the EU too, only with the difference that there will be more cows, and they may be even thinner. So that this does not happen, a radical change of approach and a series of bold steps are needed. This is independent of one’s political orientation, whether one is religious or atheist, woman or man. According to my heart, my mind and my actions, I am left-wing. I believe, as a left-winger, that our only chance rests in using the opportunities of a unified internal market, breaking down all barriers to the free circulation of goods, services, labour and capital with lightning speed. Increasing European competitiveness is a question that will decide our future. If we do not change direction, we will not only fall behind others, but also our own opportunities and our dreams. We must forge an alliance to push ourselves and our national governments, and strive to convert public opinion to accept these changes, to subordinate their four-year electoral propaganda machines and their individual interests to Europe, and to the millions living in Europe. We must be able to do so: we decide the future of our children and our grandchildren. Whether they will have work twenty years from now. My youngest daughter is nine years old. I do not want her to say, mother, you wasted it. The question is not who says what, but who does what."@en1

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