Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2007-01-17-Speech-3-040"

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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.20070117.3.3-040"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2007-01-17-Speech-3-0412
lpv:speaker	lp:Robert Goebbels2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Parti ouvrier socialiste luxembourgeois (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; INTA (2007-01-15--2007-01-30)3 substitute; CONT (2007-01-15--2007-01-30)3 member; ECON (2007-01-15--2007-01-30)3 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 substitute; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 vice-chair; PES (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Madam President-in-Office of the Council, having had a successful enlargement, it is now time for the institutions to be deeper entrenched if the EU is not to degenerate into a free trade area, which is what some Member States want it to do. Germany is strong enough to turn the rudder around. Those who voted ‘no’ must not be allowed to set our course. Come June, there will have to be some plain speaking done. What is needed is a renewed basic treaty to restore the Union’s effectiveness, or else a two-speed Europe is inevitable. It was originally five Member States that gave us freedom of movement and the Schengen Agreement. The eurozone is the heart of Europe; it has a lower rate of inflation than the USA or the United Kingdom. The Prüm Convention sets new benchmarks in the fight against crime. We are all in favour of tolerance, Mrs Merkel, but the moment of truth for the nay-sayers and the freeloaders must come all the same. That also applies in the fields of energy and climate change. Out of 180 member states of the United Nations, only 30 have signed up to the Kyoto commitments. Last year, the fact that the EU was responsible for 14% of the world’s CO2 emissions was attributable not to our having improved so much but rather to others putting out more of it. This is what makes energetic energy diplomacy long overdue. Let me close by saying something about the internal market. The market lives by free competition, but it cannot do everything. As one very intelligent woman said recently, the Commission sees policy as a distortion of competition. It and its officials must get back to acknowledging the primacy of policy-making. Europe is not merely a market, but also, and most urgently, a service meeting the public's social needs."@en1

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