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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2007-10-24"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:EU-Africa relations (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20071024.40.3-350"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2007-10-24-Speech-3-3512
lpv:speaker	lp:Kathy Sinnott2
lpv:spoken text	"Madam President, education is the bridge from misery to hope. It is a tool for daily life in modern society. It is the bulwark against poverty and the building block of development. Thus Kofi Annan described the strategy in the Millennium Goals, which are similar to those in the EU development strategy for Africa. It places education alongside trade as key to the development of the continent. Despite this, the EU is set to join wealthy nations like the USA, Australia, Canada and New Zealand in systematically exporting the skilled and educated from Africa and Asia. Commissioner Frattini announced last month that, to ensure Europe will get ‘the migrants its economy needs’, over the next 20 years the EU would import 20 million skilled workers from these continents through the blue card system, similar to the American Green Card. Though having a steady supply of skilled workers to fill in the gaps left by our ageing workforce will have benefits for us, this kind of braindraining will be devastating for the poor and underdeveloped countries of Africa. Europe is also engaged in asset-stripping among Africa’s poor. Children are our countries’ future, yet EU development funds are routinely tied to population control programmes aiming at eliminating future Africans. The EU Green Paper on demography clearly states that, without population growth, there will be no economic growth. Africa is now the only continent in the world with a birth rate above replacement. If we keep our Millennium Goals and if we keep our promises, Africa will emerge in this century as a world leader."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member_of_the_bureau; IND/DEM (2004-07-20--2008-05-08)3 substitute; AFCO (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 substitute; DROI (2007-02-13--2009-07-13)3 substitute; AFET (2007-02-14--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (2007-05-23--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with the United States (2007-03-14--2009-07-13)3 member; ENVI (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Temporary Committee on Climate Change (2007-05-10--2009-02-04)3 unknown; Independent (2005-02-16--2009-07-13)3 vice-chair; PETI (2007-02-01--2009-07-13)3 member; EMPL (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Kathy Sinnott,"1 "on behalf of the IND/DEM Group"1

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