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dcterms:Date	"2012-10-25"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:EU strategy for the Danube region (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"de"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20121025.33.4-471-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2012-10-25-Speech-4-472-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Michael Theurer2
lpv:spokenAs	chair; CONT (2012-01-23--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Freie Demokratische Partei (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 substitute; REGI (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 member; Conference of Committee Chairs (2012-01-23--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member_of_the_bureau; ALDE (2012-01-27--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with India (2012-02-08--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner Šefčovič, Parliament has always actively supported the Danube Strategy. The Danube Forum, of which I am the Chair, has 60 MEPs. Therefore, I am pleased to be the first signatory of the oral question to put the subject of the Danube on today’s agenda. There has been some progress with regard to the Danube, such as the bridges I saw this summer between Widin and Calafat, on the international Danube bicycle tour. However, this progress is moving at a snail’s pace. There are still major difficulties: mayors in Bulgaria tell us that construction works on the Danube require consultation with seven ministries in Sofia. Other Danube residents have the impression in their Member States that the Danube is being marginalised in capital cities and not being placed in the foreground. This is why we are asking the Commission for more substantial results and measures. In the current programming period, the Danube Strategy should be provided with resources and for the future period we need a dedicated budget line for the Danube. We have specific projects, such as the Danube Manager, for which administration capacity needs to be developed. Small and medium-sized enterprises should be supported while they cooperate. There should be technology transfer centres. More than anything else, we need more opportunities for citizens to meet. We note that these citizens’ meetings must be supported otherwise they do not function. I have written to Chancellor Merkel and Commissioner Lewandowski to propose the formation of a Danube Youth Foundation. I therefore pose the question: can the Commission imagine itself financially supporting such a Danube Youth Foundation? Many young people would like to meet up, but cannot afford the tank of petrol or the train tickets they need to get to a meeting. Ladies and gentlemen, parliaments should play a greater role. I hope that we in the European Parliament will act as leaders and invite the other national and regional parliaments to join in, so that we, too, take greater ownership of the Danube Strategy than ever before."@en1
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