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16 June 2005

EU finances: Better no agreement than a bad agreement

Europe must postpone an agreement over the new multi-annual financial framework until next year, and the coming year should be used to subject European finances to a fundamental review, says SP Member of Parliament Harry van Bommel. “The rejection of the European Constitution was a clear signal, pointing the way to a different Europe,” he argues. “To this different Europe belongs a different financial foundation.”

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15 June 2005

Government still doesn't get it

“The government still thinks that the massive No to the European Constitution proves that the voters didn’t understand what was going on. In reality, however, it’s the government that doesn’t understand. The Constitution was weighed and found lacking. It was found to be a step too far, too quickly, and once more in the wrong direction.” So said SP Senator Tiny Kox during today’s policy debate with the Ministers of Foreign Affairs and development Cooperation.

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14 June 2005

Debt write-off step in the right direction

The SP has reacted with measured enthusiasm to the news that the debts of eighteen developing countries are to be written off. This decision means that hundreds of millions of euros a year will become available for investment in education, health care and other social sectors in the affected countries, most of which are in Africa.

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8 June 2005

Left Group in European Parliament votes against long-term budget proposals

The United Left Group of 41 Euro-MPs (the GUE/NGL) voted today against the majority's proposed financial framework for 2007-2013. A spokesperson for the group said that “We consider the Commission's proposal itself to be profoundly inadequate in terms of instruments and insufficient in terms of financial means to face the social, economic and environmental challenges of an enlarged EU.”

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7 June 2005

Press-statement on the Dutch NO against the European constitution

The overwhelming Dutch NO against the European constitution is a serious ‘wake-up call’ for The Hague, Brussels and as it now seems, London. It’s a wake-up call for Europe: time to stop dreaming, time to get real. Years of ignoring the discontent of the people on the pace of European integration has led to derailment and stagnation of that process. The only way out is to listen to the worries of the people and act accordingly.

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4 June 2005

The Netherlands must give some thought to its role in Europe

The 'no' to the European Constitution is a clear signal that European co-operation is proceeding badly. Cooperation in this form is now finished. For this reason, the SP is calling for a national convention to debate the role of the EU in the Netherlands, writes Harry van Bommel, Member of Parliament for the SP.

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