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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2005-12-14"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Preparation for the European Council (Brussels, 15-16 December 2005), including the Development strategy2
dcterms:Language	"da"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20051214.6.3-042"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2005-12-14-Speech-3-0432
lpv:speaker	lp:Karin Riis-jørgensen2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; IMCO (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the United States (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 member; ECON (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 vice-chair; ALDE (2004-07-20--2007-02-26)3 unknown; Venstre, Danmarks Liberale Parti (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, at the European Council on Thursday and Friday, you, Mr Alexander, and Mr Blair will have the fate of Europe in your hands. We expect you to deliver a balanced outcome. Here in Parliament, we have in actual fact delivered when it comes both to REACH and data retention, on which we are voting today, showing that it is not only when there are summits that the EU actively makes things happen. Six months ago, your Presidency made a point of presenting a very visionary programme that attached importance to future investment in research and development. It was a fantastic performance that gave rise to great enthusiasm among us MEPs. What, however, has become of those promises now? I hope that, at noon today, Mr Blair will emerge from Sherwood Forest like a proper – and not a false - Robin Hood, who gives to the poor and takes from the rich. The new proposal should also tackle the outdated British rebate. We must show the necessary solidarity with the new Member States. That is something they deserve, and it will also be in Mr Blair’s interests clearly to distance himself from the voice of the past, embodied by Mrs Thatcher. If Mr Blair does not stand by the promises he made this summer, his Presidency will have been of no substance. Mr Blair must and should show leadership so that the EU’s by now tarnished image can be polished up. Mr Blair must show that he dares invest in the future. Research and development are to be welcomed, but not rebates and support for the industries of the past. I therefore call on the British Presidency to find a reasonable and balanced solution so that we might restore confidence in Europe. The ball lies in your court."@en1

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