Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-09-08-Speech-4-019"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2005-09-08"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:The Northern Dimension2
dcterms:Language	"fi"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20050908.4.4-019"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2005-09-08-Speech-4-0202
lpv:speaker	lp:Paavo Väyrynen2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; REGI (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3 vice-chair; Delegation to the EU-Bulgaria Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-20--2006-12-31)3 member_of_the_bureau; ALDE (2004-07-20--2007-04-18)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2004-09-15--2007-04-18)3 unknown; Suomen Keskusta (2004-07-20--2007-04-18)3 member; AFET (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, the Commission’s report shows that the importance of the Northern Dimension in the Union’s external relations is growing in strength. Especially gratifying is the fact that Russia’s attitude towards it is becoming more positive than what it was before. In order to develop the Northern Dimension’s importance in the Union’s external relations the Commission should be given two tasks. Firstly, not only Russia but also our northern European Economic Area partners, Iceland and Norway, should be strongly encouraged to be involved in cooperation in the northern regions and, for example, the new EU Neighbourhood Policy. Secondly, the Commission should participate more dynamically in the work of the councils that operate in the northernmost region of the earth: the Council of the Baltic Sea States, the Barents Euro-Arctic Council, and the Arctic Council. My main message, however, is connected with what is missing from the Commission’s report entirely: cooperation in the Baltic Sea region. Until spring of last year, the Baltic countries and Poland were our neighbours and partners in external relations. Now they have joined the Union the development of the Baltic Sea region is essentially based on mutual cooperation between the Member States and the Union’s internal policy. The Commission needs to take this into account when shaping the guidelines for the Northern Dimension. Now that our Northern Dimension partners have gone from just being neighbours to being members, a comprehensive strategy for developing the Baltic Sea region should be drawn up, within the framework of which the Member States and the Commission can collaborate on projects such as improving environmental conservation and the energy economy in the region as well as its internal communications. Baltic Sea cooperation will establish the Northern Dimension in the Union’s internal policies, but cooperation with Russia will obviously still be conducted as part of the Northern Dimension of external relations. Baltic Sea cooperation will finally contribute some real substance to those views of the Council which have emphasised the importance of the Northern Dimension generally and also in the internal development of the Union. There should be some reorganisation in the Commission so that it is not only the External Relations Directorate-General that deals with questions relating to the Northern Dimension but other Directorate-Generals as well."@en1

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