Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-11-15-Speech-3-247"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-11-15"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:A Baltic Sea Strategy for the Northern Dimension (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20061115.18.3-247"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-11-15-Speech-3-2482
lpv:speaker	lp:Diana Wallis2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, of course we congratulate the rapporteur on his report and the points of interest it has raised, but I would not be fulfilling my role as President of this Parliament’s Delegation for Relations with Iceland and Norway if I did not express some regret at the absence of a report or a resolution that expressed the full sweep of the Northern Dimension policy. I regret that fact because I feel that we are, therefore, neglecting the big geopolitical issues that face us in the High North that find their focus in climate change, in energy supply, in marine resources. Of course those issues concern the Baltic hugely, but they also concern the Arctic and the High North. And if we want to bring our partner countries, Norway and Iceland, with us, then we have to reach out and not be inward-looking. We have previously striven, as a Parliament, when we have talked about this issue, to bring the Northern Dimension away from just a ministerial level of policy. We have striven to bring it back to parliamentarians, into the ownership of parliamentarians across the region. I hope we will be able to do that in the meeting we seek to host at the beginning of next year. But let me emphasise again: the Northern Dimension should not be just about us. This year the Commission concluded a very important agreement with Greenland. It may be a small thing, but it shows that the Arctic window is open and should remain open, and that there should be activity beyond our borders. Next year is International Polar Year. I hope that we will raise both our vision and our eyes to the High North and give it the focus and the attention it deserves next year within the Northern Dimension policy."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; IMCO (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3 member; PETI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; JURI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; Committee of Inquiry into the crisis of the Equitable Life Assurance Society (2006-01-19--2007-06-19)3 member; ALDE (2004-07-20--2007-02-26)3 chair; Delegation for relations with Switzerland, Iceland and Norway and to the European Economic Area (EEA) Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-21--2007-09-04)3 unknown; Liberal Democrat Party (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; Conference of Delegation Chairs (2004-09-22--2007-09-04)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Diana Wallis (ALDE ). –"1

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