Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-02-02-Speech-3-249-000"

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dcterms:Date	"2011-02-02"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Agreements on trade in bananas - Repeal of Council Regulation (EC) No 1964/2005 on the tariff rates for bananas - Agreements on trade in bananas (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20110202.18.3-249-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2011-02-02-Speech-3-250-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Laima Liucija Andrikienė2
lpv:spoken text	"Madam President, on behalf of the PPE Group, I urge the European Parliament to give the green light to this very important agreement. We believe that this will facilitate the Doha Round negotiations and also provide an impetus to our bilateral negotiations with the Mercosur countries on a free trade agreement. We welcome the overall trend towards liberalisation of the global trade in bananas, including the current WTO agreement, as well as bilateral agreements with the Central American and Andean countries, and possibly one day with Mercosur. The motion for a resolution – and I pay tribute for this to our rapporteur – is a well-balanced one, especially since we have taken into account the interests of our partners from the ACP countries, as well as local European banana producers. It is my deep conviction that, while we move towards greater liberalisation of the global trade in bananas, we should make sure that we do not wipe out industries or sectors that have traditionally played important economic and social roles in certain European regions, such as the Canary Islands, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Madeira, the Azores and others. Finally, we hope the Commission will take these concerns into account and will take steps to adjust the support package for domestic EU producers earmarked in the POSEI envelope and, if necessary, take other steps in order to ensure that, in parallel to the trend of liberalisation of the global trade in bananas, domestic EU producers are able to remain on the market and foster their traditional activities. A good opportunity to do that will be during the discussions on the next EU financial perspective."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	vice-chair; DROI (2009-07-20--2012-01-18)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Mexico Joint Parliamentary Committee (2009-10-12--2014-06-30)3 member; EPP (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; INTA (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member; Delegation for relations with Belarus (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 substitute; AFET (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 substitute; Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (2009-10-12--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Tėvynės sąjunga - Lietuvos krikščionys demokratai (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Laima Liucija Andrikienė,"1 "on behalf of the PPE Group."1
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