Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2007-11-14-Speech-3-057"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2007-11-14"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:The European Interest: succeeding in the age of globalisation (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20071114.2.3-057"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2007-11-14-Speech-3-0582
lpv:speaker	lp:Sharon Bowles2
lpv:spoken text	"Madam President, globalisation is blamed for everything, from population explosion to climate change to exploitation. But these are just products of mankind; so is competition. Darwin called it natural selection. European citizens are fearful. We must educate them, true, but not by stating that we need a policy at EU level to face the challenge of a globalised economy. That makes me fearful, suggesting that we do not have a policy. The EU has unique power at supranational level to shape things and to challenge excesses. In July, in the it said: ‘Brussels is the regulatory capital of the world and cannot be ignored from Washington to Tokyo’. So, if we have got it, let us use it, but judiciously. What is the purpose of a competitiveness agenda if it is not to maintain our position in the world? What is the purpose of a single market if we fail to get it properly completed? Stop the faint-hearted excuses. The EU is absolutely about meeting the challenges. We just need to get on with it before natural selection catches up."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) (2007-03-14--2009-07-13)3 substitute; JURI (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; ECON (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Liberal Democrat Party (2005-05-12--2009-07-13)3 member; ALDE (2005-05-12--2009-07-13)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Financial Times"1 "Sharon Bowles (ALDE ). –"1

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