Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-06-22-Speech-3-037"

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dcterms:Date	"2005-06-22"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:European Council/Luxembourg Presidency2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20050622.13.3-037"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2005-06-22-Speech-3-0382
lpv:speaker	lp:Robert Goebbels2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Parti ouvrier socialiste luxembourgeois (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; CONT (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia and the South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 member; ECON (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 substitute; INTA (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 vice-chair; PES (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, Mr Barroso, Mr Juncker, ladies and gentlemen, all Presidencies preside, but do not decide. The Luxembourg Presidency has indeed presided. It has drafted many constructive proposals, and it has managed to produce honourable compromises on a number of topics. The Lisbon Strategy has been relaunched and the national parliaments have finally become more sensitive to this grand European objective. The Stability and Growth Pact will be more intelligent, as it is adapted to economic cycles. The broad economic policy and employment guidelines have been agreed for three years. The Luxembourg Presidency has been able to move the EU forward regarding subjects as varied as increased commitment to the Millennium Goals, more targeted support for rural development and notable advances with regard to police cooperation and to security at external borders, etc. The very positive record of the Presidency has been overshadowed by the festival of national egos celebrated at the end of the week by one Head of State and certain Heads of Government. I have had the opportunity to say in this forum that the EU is currently sadly lacking in statesmen. It is governed by political gnomes busy jealously guarding their small treasure. Very few leaders have a true political vision of the future of Europe. Mr Juncker is not one of them. He is both an architect and a plumber. Politics has sometimes led me to oppose my Prime Minister, but I sympathised with him when he declared his shame faced with the mean-minded arrogance of some of his counterparts in the rich countries. Yes, Europe suffers from internal contradictions. There are those who push for greater political integration and those who simply want one huge market. Europe is in crisis. Etymologically, the Greek word means ‘decision’. The time for a decision has come; we have to choose: more Europe, or the opt-out. The Luxembourg Presidency has done its best to move Europe forward, and it deserves well of Europe. In six months, we will assess the new Presidency, but Mr Blair will have to present us with something other than a pseudo-modernist discourse on the need for structural reform. Yes, the world is changing. Europe has to adapt. Any community that does not have close links to employment, salaries and productivity becomes unfair, however, and, at the end of the day, becomes poorer. I have just quoted Carlos Fuentes. The economy must continue to serve social well-being, and solidarity must be the keyword of European politics. Europe will either be social or will not be at all, Madam President."@en1
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