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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-09-06"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:EU preparation for its future role in Kosovo (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060906.4.3-011"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-09-06-Speech-3-0122
lpv:speaker	lp:Joost Lagendijk2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Conference of Delegation Chairs (2004-09-22--2009-07-13)3 substitute; TRAN (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Gulf States, including Yemen (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 unknown; GroenLinks (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 chair; Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-22--2009-07-13)3 member; SEDE (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; G/EFA (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; AFET (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	". Mr President, most of these questions have been raised following a visit by a Parliamentary delegation in June. During that visit, we got the impression that whilst the European Union is present and is getting geared up for the task which, as we all know, will be vital to Kosovo's future, the energy that is being invested in it and the attention given to it leave a great deal to be desired in a number of areas. This covers a number of issues. First of all, whilst the European Union is clearly making thorough preparations in the areas of security and justice, with a view to taking over the tasks of the UN, UNMIC, we are of the opinion that it is not in the areas of security and justice, however important that they may be, that the EU will be playing an important role. What is equally important, for example, is coordinating all the efforts of the international community, continuing to help in the construction of a civil administration and, crucially, monitoring compliance with human rights. Those are crucial tasks which soon, when the UN has left, and preparations for their departure are in full swing, will be the responsibility of the EU. Our question to the Council and the European Union is the following: Are people really prepared, and able, to make thorough preparations – that is to say, in all those areas, and not just in the first two of them? This preparation should, in our view, be made with the full consent and in good cooperation with the Commission. I wonder, more out of interest than out of criticism, whether the Member States and Commission are able to get a fully-equipped Commission delegation up and running in time. Finally, it is, in our view, crucial in terms of the symbolism involved that the EU should do everything in its power to keep its administration separate from that of the UN, UNMIC. We cannot afford the EU coming across as a sort of EU-MIC, which is how it is sometimes perceived over there. The symbols, the buildings, the manner of presentation must demonstrate that a new start has been made with the EU, in a Kosovo that is different from what it was when the UN were there after 1999. Those are the questions we would like answered by the Commission and, above all, by the Council."@en1

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