Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-09-29-Speech-4-149"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2005-09-29"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Prospects for EU-China trade relations (continuation)2
dcterms:Language	"de"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20050929.21.4-149"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2005-09-29-Speech-4-1502
lpv:speaker	lp:Jorgo Chatzimarkakis2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Freie Demokratische Partei - Die Liberalen (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; ECON (2004-07-30--2007-01-14)3 member; ALDE (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 member; ITRE (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; INTA (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the countries of south-east Europe (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Bulgaria Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2006-12-31)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Europe seems remote from the man in the street, but China scares people. Just as globalisation is frightening people at the moment – at any rate that is the outcome not only of the referendums in France and the Netherlands, but also of the elections in Germany, which have shown that people are somewhat afraid of reform. The particular subject of China, however, and of trade relations with China in particular, can give the European Union greater meaning and purpose. We are an export-oriented economic unit, and we Europeans need the Chinese market. For that, we need as much free trade as possible, yet it is the European Union alone that will ultimately help us against unfettered globalisation and the possible loss of our own cultural identity. That is easy to demonstrate. We do need safeguards, though. Particularly where intellectual property is concerned, we Europeans are not strategic enough; we do not act decisively enough. If that does not change soon, we will be sawing off the branch on which we are sitting, and that will become clear very soon, especially in the Europeans’ relationship with the Chinese. We must be even more forceful, more outspoken and more strategic in protecting intellectual property against the Chinese, and we must do that as quickly as possible."@en1

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