Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-11-14-Speech-2-264"

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dcterms:Date	"2006-11-14"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Legislative and work programme of the Commission for 2007 (debate)2
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20061114.36.2-264"2
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lpv:speaker	lp:Robert Sturdy2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, as coordinator for the PPE-DE Group I would like to stress the following points. We realise the importance of the external competitiveness aspects of the Lisbon Agenda and the coordination of internal and external actions, and we reiterate our commitment to the multilateral approach in trade policy and support for the WTO as the principal forum for the management of globalisation. We therefore deplore the suspension of the WTO negotiations and strongly urge the Commission to come forward and fight for a settlement on the Doha Round in 2007. We welcome the EU communication on global Europe competing in the world. We stress, however, that bilateral regional agreements should remain supplementary, as I said, to the multilateral trade system. But here I have real concerns, and I would like to question the Commission on this particular point. Why have we not made progress with the USA on regulatory issues between the EU and the US by completing the transatlantic single market? We must make a commitment to that over the next decade. We cannot have a free-trade agreement with the US; that would undermine multilateralism. But we can have an agreement on regulatory issues which are outside Article 34. Finally, something that is particularly close to my own heart: there is grave concern over the growing feeling of protectionism and trying to set goals that are outside the Lisbon Agenda. Member States are increasingly using protectionist methods. If we are going to have a settlement, we have to move away from that. Finally, I have serious concerns about EPAs and economic partnership negotiations, and I support the Commission in its proposal. We must go ahead with it and push it forward. It is a real chance, probably the last chance we are going to have, to do something to help those poor countries. If we can get an agreement on that, it will be a great thing. I look forward to that in the coming year."@en1
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lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Robert Sturdy (PPE-DE ). –"1

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