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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2007-09-25"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Negotiations on an Interregional Association Agreement with Mercosur and the new bilateral strategic partnership with Brazil (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"pt"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20070925.31.2-250"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2007-09-25-Speech-2-2512
lpv:speaker	lp:Edite Estrela2
lpv:spokenAs	vice-chair; FEMM (2007-02-01--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America (2007-03-14--2009-07-13)3 member; ENVI (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; PES (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Partido Socialista (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (2007-05-23--2009-07-13)3 member; Temporary Committee on Climate Change (2007-05-10--2009-02-04)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China (2007-03-14--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Secretary of State, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the EU-Brazil strategic partnership is not a threat to regional balance nor to the EU’s economic and trade relations with other Latin American partners. On the contrary, it favours those relations, as mentioned in the joint statement from the EU-Brazil Summit on 4 July. Today’s question has the benefit of provoking a debate on EU-Latin America and EU-Brazil relations, both of which are extremely important. As already mentioned here, I see the EU-Brazil partnership as filling a gap. It was not acceptable that the European Union’s strategic partnerships with the BRIC countries should leave out the ‘B’ for Brazil. The Portuguese Presidency was right, then, to promote the EU-Brazil Summit, in line with what it did in 2000 when it held the first EU-India Summit, which did not harm relations with the other countries in that region. There are therefore now better conditions for Europe to give a fresh impulse to relations with Mercosur and to the Doha negotiations. Strengthening the EU-Brazil dialogue makes complete sense because it will enable cooperation to be enhanced in key areas such as energy security and sustainable development, biodiversity, climate change, the fight against poverty and exclusion, promotion of democracy and human rights, etc. Brazil’s demographic weight, economic development and political stability inevitably make it a key player on the international stage. Europe can only gain from regarding Brazil as a strategic partner. As the Secretary of State has already said here, relations between the European Union and Brazil cannot be analysed solely in an economic context. That is too narrow a view that overlooks historical links, cultural and linguistic affinities, cooperation between universities and many common interests in various areas."@en1

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