Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2008-11-17-Speech-1-180"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2008-11-17"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:European Union Solidarity Fund: obstacles for its reform (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20081117.24.1-180"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2008-11-17-Speech-1-1812
lpv:speaker	lp:Lambert van Nistelrooij2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation to the EU-Chile Joint Parliamentary Committee (2007-05-24--2009-07-13)3 member; Temporary Committee on Climate Change (2007-05-10--2009-02-04)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Canada (2007-03-15--2009-07-13)3 substitute; ENVI (2007-03-20--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of the Andean Community (2007-03-14--2009-07-13)3 member_of_the_bureau; EPP-ED (2007-02-15--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (2007-05-23--2009-07-13)3 substitute; ITRE (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Christen Democratisch Appèl (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; REGI (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, there is the expectation of Europe to be pro-active. Citizens in affected areas cannot understand why it should take months before Europe, caught up in its own procedures, can grant clarity. How does it work? Something happens somewhere and a few hours later, you can watch it all on TV and you find yourself thinking, this area needs our help and solidarity. This is followed by a deafening silence. We are then caught between the national state and European offices. What is frustrating is that there is no communication at that point. It is stuck in the Council, and has been for the past two years, but surely we should be able to find out what the reason is for the obstruction and hear alternatives. This is the big issue. Shortly, in six months’ time, Parliament will be outgoing. When we will have a new Parliament, we will be expected to hand over this dossier, without having achieved our goals, with sound proposals on the table. The French Presidency is involved in everything other than this dossier. Nothing has happened with it, and we should particularly like to hear why that should be. I should like to congratulate the European Commission though. Mrs Hübner and her colleagues have definitely made some headway with it, and it should be possible to remove the obstruction completely by joining forces. In a naming and shaming exercise, we have to say that the Council and the French Presidency have failed on this score."@en1
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