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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-04-05"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Results of the European Council - Lisbon Strategy (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"de"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060405.4.3-035"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-04-05-Speech-3-0362
lpv:speaker	lp:Othmar Karas2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Committee of Inquiry into the crisis of the Equitable Life Assurance Society (2006-01-19--2007-06-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with Japan (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China (2004-09-16--2007-03-13)3 substitute; JURI (2005-04-25--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Österreichische Volkspartei - Liste Ursula Stenzel (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; IMCO (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3 vice-chair; EPP-ED (2004-11-14--2007-02-14)3 member; ECON (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Mr President of the Council, Mr President of the Commission, ladies and gentlemen, we can all feel it in our bones: these are good times for the European Union. The services directive and the Financial Perspective are coming up to the finishing post, the Presidency’s record for the first half of its term is a good one, and there are plenty of winners, including SMEs, young people, the trans-European network projects, and much else besides. Let us remind ourselves: the Summit a year ago was a flop, with its debates dominated by accusations and counter-accusations, and everyone saying that the EU was in crisis. Half a year ago, the Summit was rejected; the EU seemed paralysed, with little to show for itself, and a large majority in this House repudiated what emerged from the December summit. What, then, is happening today? Our Parliament has demonstrated its capacity for driving things forward; none of the three institutions has thrown in the towel, and the Council is once more capable of negotiating and getting the job done. Together, we have brought the EU back on course; we can all feel that in our bones. We cannot – and I certainly do not want to – separate this success from the Council’s Presidency and from its President, Wolfgang Schüssel. His experience, his professionalism, his way of working, his habit of taking action rather than making speeches, has brought us all together and made today’s result possible. For that we are grateful, and we Austrians can take pride in it. The Financial Perspective has involved the reallocation of a total of EUR 7.9 billion; together with what came out of the Summit, the services directive provides us with the most potent programme for growth and job creation in the EU for years. There is more work to be done on it, so that what we have set ourselves we may actually bring to pass."@en1

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