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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2007-03-14"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Reform of EU trade policy instruments (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"el"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20070314.23.3-333"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2007-03-14-Speech-3-3342
lpv:speaker	lp:Panagiotis Beglitis2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; DROI (2007-01-31--2007-09-25)3 unknown; Panellinio Socialistiko Kinima (2004-07-20--2007-09-25)3 vice-chair; Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-22--2007-09-25)3 member; AFET (2007-01-31--2007-09-25)3 member; PES (2004-07-20--2007-09-25)3 member; SEDE (2007-01-31--2007-09-25)3 substitute; INTA (2007-01-31--2007-09-25)3 member; Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2007-09-25)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, my special thanks to Commissioner Mandelson. I believe that this evening's debate highlights an internal strategic split in the European Union. I believe that, as Mr Fjellner said in his speech, on the one hand there is the Europe of major commercial consumer protection networks and, on the other hand, the Europe of productive powers, of the protection of the productive and industrial fabric and of employment and of the defence of the workers. We must reconcile these two strategic approaches for the good of the European Union. Of course no one wants to turn the European Union into a protectionist fortress. On the other hand, however, it would be an illusion to believe that the European Union can remain unarmed in the face of the challenges and the negative consequences of globalisation, that it can remain unarmed in the face of unfair international trading practices, in the face of social and environmental dumping by certain emergent economies in the developing world. I believe that the Green Paper presented by Mr Mandelson can form a good basis for further discussion. We need trade defence measures on the basic precondition that they will be effective, that they will help to defend the commercial interests of the European Union, that they will help to defend the principle of transparency and faster decision-making. Provided, Mr Mandelson, that your proposal moves in the direction of improving the trade defence mechanisms of the European Union, we really can hold a debate and make a positive contribution to that debate."@en1

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