Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2007-01-31-Speech-3-272"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2007-01-31"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Strategy for a strengthened partnership with the Pacific Islands (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"pl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20070131.25.3-272"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2007-01-31-Speech-3-2472
lpv:speaker	lp:Bogdan Golik2
lpv:spokenAs	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 unknown; Samoobrona RP (2004-07-20--2007-12-16)3 member; PES (2004-12-01--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2005-09-21--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"I would like to record my support for the content of Mr Deva’s report on EU relations with the Pacific Islands entitled ‘A strategy for strengthened partnership with the Pacific Islands’. I hope this much-needed document will herald a new era in contacts between the EU and the Pacific Islands. European countries have now been involved in the Pacific region for thirty years, and are major donors to the area. It is therefore particularly important to develop a long-term strategy. This is actually the only part of the world for which the Union has not yet developed a overarching, integrated strategy. The adoption of the document under consideration represents an excellent opportunity to create a new relationship with this region. This relationship should be both economic and political. The Pacific Islands play a very important role in stabilising the climate, and they also possess a great wealth of natural resources such as mineral deposits and fish. It would be a partnership with a region that is a world leader in tuna fishing and which accounts for one third of global catches. My support for the aforementioned document also relates to the need to promote democracy and stability in the Pacific region and to prevent extremist ideologies from taking root there. The European Union has historical ties with these islands, and should support them in their efforts to achieve the Millennium Development Goals. Adopting the Strategy for a strengthened partnership will provide us with an opportunity to set higher economic and social targets. The European Union’s involvement in these efforts could go beyond simply providing support to former colonies."@en1

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