Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2007-12-12-Speech-3-037"

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dcterms:Date	"2007-12-12"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Preparation of the European Council (Brussels, 13-14 December 2007) (debate)2
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20071212.2.3-037"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2007-12-12-Speech-3-0382
lpv:speaker	lp:Gunnar Hökmark2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, I shall speak first about Kosovo. In the Balkans and the Caucasus, we see a conflict between European values and nationalist tendencies, between European integration and movements and ideas that are supported by Russia. If, in the future, we look back, I am quite sure that we will never regret the efforts we can make today in order to support European integration with all the different means we have, but we might very well, in the future, regret the efforts we have not made. I think it is important to discuss that at the European Council at the end of this week. I wish, secondly, to speak about globalisation. I think it is important to remember that it is globalisation that has made Europe into leading world economy and that globalisation is a necessity if we are to be world’s leading knowledge economy, because we will never be world leaders if we are only the best in Europe. We can never achieve results by protectionist measures. In the long term that will undermine the opportunities for jobs and prosperity, but it will not give us the opportunity to be a world-leading economy as well as defending European values. That leads us to the conclusion that it is important that the European Council underlines all the efforts that are needed regarding energy legislation, telecom legislation, the internal market, trade and competition. Competition is not a fight between different personalities or identities. It is an opportunity for all to participate and to move Europe ahead. That is the way we should choose, and that is how we can use the Treaty in the absolute best way to respond to the global challenge. That opportunity has been given to us this week and we should use it."@en1
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