Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2007-01-17-Speech-3-028"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2007-01-17"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Programme of the German presidency (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"de"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20070117.3.3-028"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2007-01-17-Speech-3-0312
lpv:speaker	lp:Hannes Swoboda2
lpv:spokenAs	vice-chair; Delegation for relations with the countries of south-east Europe (2004-09-21--2007-03-13)3 substitute; Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Armenia, EU-Azerbaijan and EU-Georgia Parliamentary Cooperation Committees (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 substitute; ITRE (2007-01-15--2007-01-30)3 member; Temporary Committee on the alleged use of European countries by the CIA for the transport and illegal detention of prisoners (2006-01-19--2007-02-14)3 member; SEDE (2007-01-15--2007-01-30)3 unknown; Sozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 vice-chair; PES (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; AFET (2007-01-15--2007-01-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Madam President-in-Office of the Council, I congratulate you on your speech and on your reference to values. The only value we find missing is that of solidarity. You affirmed your belief in a social Europe, but you would get even more support from our side if you were to include solidarity in the list of values that is very important to Europe. I am thinking here of the unemployed and of the vulnerable members of society, to whom you too made reference. Poverty is on the increase in certain European countries, and that is a scandal, something that we must deal with together. I would recommend the open expression of this sort of solidarity – as well as of solidarity between the individual Member States – as an addition to your programme. One thinks, here, of energy policy; we will not achieve a common energy policy without solidarity between the individual countries on that front. As regards foreign policy, it is to be regretted that the American President did not take Chancellor Schröder’s advice, and ended up in the mess in which we now all find ourselves. I do not want to use that to score anti-American points right now, but Richard Haas, an American moderate, recently had some things to say on the subject, and I shall now quote him word for word: ‘The American era in the Middle East is over. More than anything else, it was the Iraq war [...] that brought it to an end.’ This is where Europe must help, this is where it can jump into the breach. There is much for the German Presidency of the Council to do when it comes to seeing how we can help the people of this crisis-torn region, particularly the socially vulnerable. The Germans have taken some good initiatives with regard to Syria; France has taken a good one with regard to Iran, too, but I urge you, Madam President-in-Office of the Council, to see to it that we get a common foreign policy founded on solidarity, for it is only then – when we give pride of place to solidarity – that we will be able to help people in the Middle East, not to mention the people of our own continent."@en1

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