Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-09-27-Speech-3-271"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-09-27"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:The EU's economic and trade relations with India (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"pl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060927.21.3-271"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-09-27-Speech-3-2722
lpv:speaker	lp:Bogdan Golik2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia and the South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 member; AGRI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; SEDE (2005-09-21--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Samoobrona RP (2004-07-20--2007-12-16)3 member; PES (2004-12-01--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2005-09-21--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I should like to begin by thanking the rapporteur most sincerely for his report. Two years ago, Parliament and the Commission opened a new chapter in relations between the Union and India, calling them a strategic partnership. At that time, I represented the European Parliament on a mission to India to prepare for the summit, confident that India was to become a strategic partner for us. It seemed an obvious choice. The two largest democracies in the world account together for over 1.5 million people, and are in a position to create a new world economic order. At the time, we promised each other growth in terms of mutual investments, trade exchanges, youth exchanges and cooperation between businesses and institutions of higher education. That all seemed eminently sensible. Are we working towards it? The European Union wants to keep its place at the head of the world pack, though it is currently falling somewhat behind. Surely, therefore, its most important partner and market ought to be a country with a population of a billion, sustained economic growth above 7%, and where 50% of the population is under 20 years of age? Has this become a reality? Unfortunately, it has not. What became of our strategy for youth exchange and investment? It never came about because a couple of countries took it into their heads that Russia should be our strategic partner. Russia is a country with a population of over 150 million, where the average age is close to 50; a country that is prepared to blackmail Europe by threatening to cut off gas and energy supplies. I call on Parliament and the Commission to review their policy and remain true to the agreements signed within the framework of a strategic partnership between the Union and India."@en1

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