Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-12-12-Speech-2-037"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-12-12"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Financing instrument for development cooperation – A financing instrument for cooperation with industrialised and other high-income countries and territories (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"de"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20061212.8.2-037"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-12-12-Speech-2-0382
lpv:speaker	lp:Erika Mann2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation for relations with the United States (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 substitute; ITRE (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; Conference of Delegation Chairs (2004-09-22--2009-07-13)3 member; INTA (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 chair; Delegation to the EU-Mexico Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-22--2009-07-13)3 substitute; CONT (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; PES (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, it is a good thing that we are having this joint debate, since we will end up, in future, with a shared legal basis differentiating between developing countries and richer, industrialised nations, and so it is good that we should be discussing this today. Mr Martin, the rapporteur, was right to point out that we have to seek after a more logical and systematic approach when it comes to defending the European Union’s interests in our cooperative efforts with others, and I am glad that the Commission treated with respect his argument that further differentiation is needed, along with consideration of the countries' specific interests, more evaluation, and an early review. I would like to add a couple of other points, which Mr Papastamkos has already addressed. When this review is carried out, this differentiation must be reflected even more logically in our dealings on the foreign policy and trade policy fronts. What I mean by that is that we currently maintain very intensive relations with certain countries, with free trade agreements and partnership agreements, but the thinking on the basis of which we cooperate using financial instruments is not always in line with our thinking about policy. It follows that we should strive after greater strategic depth in financial cooperation too, for there is no point in having free trade agreements – with Mexico or Chile, for example – and having more of their kind in mind for the future, while not being logical in our cooperation; it is just as illogical to deny the least developed countries more intensive support than that given to those that are already on their way up and can be described as emerging. It is in just this way that we need to become more specific in future, and I might add that that also involves Parliament being consulted not only on the financial instruments as part of the codecision procedure, but also as soon as dialogue towards the conclusion of bilateral agreements is embarked on, and that its agreement shall be an indispensable requirement, for this House’s involvement will otherwise result only, in the final analysis, in a wedge being driven between the Commission and the Member States, and that will make full and democratic support quite simply impossible. I would like to ask the Commissioner, as a matter of urgency, to stress, in the debates involving the Commission and the Member States, the necessity of Parliament’s approval being given in all areas, so that our system of values – about which we talk unceasingly – may remain intact not only when we talk about other countries, but also when we make policy for ourselves."@en1

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