Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-09-06-Speech-3-350"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-09-06"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:EU-China relations (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"es"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060906.23.3-350"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-09-06-Speech-3-3512
lpv:speaker	lp:Joan Calabuig Rull2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 substitute; PETI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Partido Socialista Obrero Español (2004-07-20--2008-03-31)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 substitute; BUDG (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; PES (2004-07-20--2008-03-31)3 member; ITRE (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, I would like to say, firstly, that we clearly all agree on the strategic importance of relations with China and I believe that we all share the concern about the situation in terms of human rights and public freedoms. There are no disagreements over the need to demand that China make rapid and clear progress on these issues. This is not a competition to see who cares most about human rights, because I truly believe that this House is united in that respect. We must also acknowledge, however, that China has to deal with enormous challenges, political, social, economic and environmental challenges; it must deal with the consequences of its rapid growth and at the same time it must respond to the growing expectations of its citizens in the field of freedoms, naturally, and of education, health and many other fields. We cooperate with China in many of these fields, with European Union human and material resources, in order to contribute to China’s progress and, when problems arise, as in the case of certain commercial issues involving the textile and footwear sectors, we demand reciprocity, but at the same time we remain firm and employ dialogue in order to resolve those problems, because it is also in our interest, of course, to access that market and for our products to be respected under reciprocal conditions. Nevertheless, I frankly wonder whether this report is going to help us to strengthen relations, whether it is the right way for us to have more influence on these processes of transformation, whether it helps us to be united in order to exert greater influence, or whether it divides us, and whether it strengthens us so that we can play an active role in the process of change in China, or whether it weakens us."@en1

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