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DIE DE EUROPA Oration de Piia-Noora Kauppi, Finlandia, Membro (tunc le plus juvene) del Parlamento Europee al NATIONES UNITE, New York 2000-05-09 ( Pictura: www.kauppi.net )

Secretary General Mr. Kofi Annan, Commissioner Vitorino, Mrs. Simone Veil, distinguished guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, I can't tell you how much I appreciate the chance to address this historical celebration in which we all have the opportunity to take part today. I am also very honoured by the invitation from the European Commission to represent the European Parliament at this event. At the time of the NBA play-offs, I can tell you that right now, I really feel like a rookie. Standing here on the dais for the very first time in front of an audience consisting of so many of my political idols.   I will do my best to give you an idea on what Europe and the European Union looks like from the perspective of a newly-elected member of the European Parliament. The founding of the European identity For half a century, the European Union has engaged itself to the ideas of peace, stability and prosperity. Not only for European citizens but also for the global human society as a whole. Robert Schuman said: "Europe will not be made all at once, or according to a single plan. It will be built through practical achievements which will first create de facto solidarity." This development, pushed forward by great European leaders, is still going on.   As today's political actors, we have to see ourselves as a part of a long chain of enlightened and wise statesmen and women who have individually brought integration into new levels and given it its substance. The challenges of globalisation Everybody admits that the nation state is often too small a unit to solve big problems. And what are the big problems? Nowadays they are not only nation-wide or continent-wide, but increasingly global.   Globalisation is here, whether we want it or not. As long as boats have sailed the seas, messages have been delivered, new continents have been found and trade and commerce has expanded, the world has been shrinking. The sands of the hourglass fall in one direction only. And pace accelerates all the time. Everybody wants to create more prosperity and more welfare to the world. We may disagree about how we shall accomplish this or how we should divide the welfare, but the fundamental objective remains the same. I believe that an open and healthy world economy is the best road to higher standards of living for people everywhere. We must of course help those hurt by change, but we do not help them by hampering the single market or sabotaging WTO-negotiations.   The European response to globalisation The European Union can be seen as a bridge between the national and global levels. Europe must response to globalisation by taking a strong leadership, in which the guiding principle must be that the Union focuses on tasks which require joint efforts. To list a few of these challenges: our common security; economical improvements and moving forward the WTO agenda; managing the information revolution; environmental threats; health aspects and so on. Correspondingly, the European Union should not under any circumstances interfere with matters best handled at state or local level. The principle of subsidiarity must always be appreciated. Cultural diversity is our strength and an opportunity. The European Union has to be a partner to the local decision makers, an ally which can and will help when needed.   The rapid development of the world will not allow Europe to stand still. Globalisation, continued liberalisation of world trade, as well as new crises have tested and will test the operative capacities of the Union.   In reforming the European Union we must reach a proper balance. Not only among institutions but also among smaller and larger member states. The operability of the Union is even more important or the small nations like my home country, Finland. In addition to effectiveness and democracy, in reforming the Union's decision-making and administration, we have to stress openness and responsibility in order to increase citizens' confidence. The expansion to the East is another process which should not be stopped. The EU should remain open to all European countries committed to the values of market economy, democracy and human rights. European union and its role in the United Nations Despite the fact that we have certainly improved a lot in fifty years, sometimes we have to remind ourselves that this European search for its role in global dialogue is still quite young and constantly evolving. The integration which was launched in the field of economy, can no longer manage on the basis of merely internal solutions. Even if we still have to work with the single market, at the same time the European Union has to open itself to the world and carry its global responsibilities. In order to fulfil those responsibilities, the Union has to cooperate with the created structures and existing organisations and take advantage of the experience gained in the United Nations. Through an integrated approach we are more powerful to eradicate poverty, secure human rights, create jobs and to make the global economy and international structures more responsive to the basic needs of all human beings. The role of the UN has developed during the decades after the war. The founding fathers of UN wanted to create an institution, hich could provide them with answers to global problems. But they did not trust enough to what they had created, to give it independent powers and tools for efficient decision-making. So, the United Nations is as strong as its actors are. And the actors aren't purely Nation States anymore, but regional and political blocks, the European Union being one of the most powerful among them. The European Union must be a strong partner for United Nations. Despite its weaknesses, which all the international organizations have to cope with, the United Nations still is the institution, which forms the basis for global cooperation, coordinates projects of global governance and promotes peace and understanding between nations. The precondition for global solutions is the ability of the individual nations to give up their selfish preferences. Some universal values should take over the values defined according to national interests. This is difficult inside the European union if all the Member States stick to the choices that best serve their own interests.   The same applies to the European integration process in relation to third nations. The common interest of the European citizens is the balanced development and progress in an international level, not only the progress achieved inside the Union. That is why we have desperately needed, and will need, international organisations which take the global responsibility instead of focusing on national or regional interests. United Nations is the forum to seek the balance between various interests and the forum to negotiate the common solutions. Divergent interests between the nations continue to exist but we should never let them grow to the extent that nations need to raise arms against each others. The European model? In the United Nations, the European Union should promote the European way of thinking, the European model as the President Prodi has put it. With this model, according to Prodi, we are able to integrate efficient market economy with the social welfare ideology. The only problem is, that this model does not yet exist. In many ways, the European Union is not as efficient as it should be. And the social welfare systems which may have been progressive in 1970's,are not suitable for today's global economy. Simple, they are not flexible enough.   But now after the Lisbon Summit, we are on the verge of finding the true third way. I am certain that it is possible to create a model based on market economy, which is both economically efficient and socially justified. The market economy is the system which provides us with the most suitable mechanisms to master the modern societies. Not the laissez-faire market economy, but a more controlled one. Controlled market economy should be the tool to use also in the developing countries when we try to diminish poverty, improve the living, health and human rights conditions for the third world, avoid the digital divide and to give all the human beings the change to live their lives in peace.   The information and civic society The next generation has a great advantage over its predecessors this being information technology and the new and more efficient ways of communicating. We often hear people speak about the death of distance and the death of location. That is just what it is. The new innovations in technology are of little help, no matter how advanced they are, if the people can't keep up the pace. Therefore, two dimensions of learning are essential. Firstly, the people developing technologies should learn to solve the problems based on the needs of every-day life. Secondly, it is the end-users who have to learn how they can profit from modern technology, and how it can make things easier in their every-day life.   To make this a reality, our education systems have to teach everybody the basic skills needed in information society. Also, our students must be encouraged to innovate and to create new technologies for the benefit of the next generation. The brave new economy also brings challenges. Everything will happen faster and politicians are still as slow as they have always been to understand, take up and act on new ideas. The inertia of political decision-making grows and grows until we have to admit that it is actually our human resources which are limiting the development. Education as a basis of development and success Only by strengthening human resources can we promote sustainable economic, social and cultural development. Equality of opportunities is the foundation for a healthy market economy. It means for example the right for every child to get a basic education and have the opportunity to be able to continue higher levels of education regardless of the student's social status or race. Increasing ability and skills by education is a fundamental prerequisite for successful entrepreneurial activity and job-creation. Education and research are the foundations for new innovations, welfare and intellectual growth. We have to channel resources into creating an environment conducive to innovation and developing the knowledge society. We have to encourage people to make the most of their capabilities and use their ideas and skills for the benefit of the world as a whole.   The equality of opportunities in the field of education also brings forward the best individual talents to serve society and to take care of the people who are less fortunate and who cannot cope in society on their own.   Searching for balance, answers and truth Goethe wrote a long time ago: "Dream no small dreams for these have no power to move the hearts of men." And it is the hearts of the citizens we have to warm to create a brighter future for all of us. I'm sure that without common dreams and without the strong believe that we can and will actually achieve our dreams, we have no reason to continue this work. Ladies and Gentlemen, The European Union is a progressive project. As it continues to try to balance the interests of the small and the great, between the North and South, and between the prosperous and the less well-off. It has been said that globalisation punishes the poor and rewards the rich. This may be the truth, but only if the global political community fails to find the counterbalance for economical globalisation. Old political recipes cannot give us the answers. World governance is not decided by us present at this event. It is not decided in political institutions. It is decided by generations, who structure their perception of the world through television and computer communications. That is why I want to end my speech with the language this generation understands and in which it communicates. The wisdom originates itself to Agent Fox Mulder from the X-files: "Dreams are often answers to questions we haven't yet discovered to ask. No one has jurisdiction over the truth. The truth is still out there." And it can only be found in cooperation with others. Piia-Noora Kauppi Finland Member of the European Parliament

Secretario General Sr. Kofi Annan, Commissario Vitorino, Sra. Simone Veil, distinguite invitatos, Senioras e Seniores, Io non pote exprimer vos quanto io apprecia le possibilitate de adressar iste celebration historic del qual nos totes ha le opportunitate de participar hodie. Io es tamben multo honorate per le invitation del Commission Europee pro representar le Parlamento Europee in iste evento. In le periodo del eliminatorias del NBA, io pote contar vos que, ora mesmo, io me senti como un ver novicio. Stante hic sur le tribuna pro le primissime vice ante un audientia consistente de tantes de mi idolos politic. Io me effortiara al maximo pro dar vos un idea del perception de Europa e del Union Europee del perspectiva de un membro recentemente eligite del Parlamento Europee. Le fundation del identitate Europee Per un medie seculo, le Union Europee se ha ingagiate al ideas de pace, stabilitate e prosperitate. Non solmente pro citatanos europee ma tamben pro le societate human global como un toto. Robert Schuman ha dicite: "Europa non sera facite per un colpo, o conforme a un unic plano.Illo sera construite per medio de realisationes practic que primo creara le solidaritate de facto." Iste developpamento, impulsionate per grande leaders europee, continua ancora hodie. Como agentes politic de hodie, nos debe reguardar nos como parte de un longe catena de illuminate e sensate homines e feminas de stato qui individualmente ha apportate le integration a nove nivellos e lo ha date su substantia. Le defias del globalisation Totes admitte que le stato national es frequentemente un unitate troppo parve pro resolver grande problemas. E que son le grande problemas? Hodie illos non son solmente national o continental, ma sempre plus global. Le globalisation es hic, mesmo si nos lo vole o non. Desde que barcas ha navigate le mares, messages ha essite livrate, nove continentes ha essite trovate e le commercio se ha expandite, le mundo ha devenite sempre minor. Le sablo del sabliero cade in un sol direction. E le velocitate augmenta sempre. Totes vole crear plus prosperitate e plus ben-esser pro le mundo. Nos pote discordar super le methodos pro attinger iste objectivo o super como divider le ben-esser, ma le objectivo fundamental remane le mesme. Io crede que un economia mundial aperte e salubre es le melior via a plus elevate standards de vita pro le personas de tote le partes. Naturalmente nos debe adjutar le personas prejudicate per le cambiamento, ma nos non va adjutar les obstruente le mercato unic o sabotante le negotiationes del OMC. Le reaction europee al globalisation Le Union Europee pote esser reguardate como un ponte inter le nivellos national e global. Europa debe reager al globalisation per assumer un direction forte, in le qual le principio-guida debe esser le concentration del Union super labores que exige effortios conjuncte. Pro listar qualques de iste defias: nostre securitate commun; meliorationes economic e avantiamento del agenda del OMC; maestramento del revolution informatic; menacias ambiental; aspectos sanitari; et cetera. Per correspondentia, le Union Europee non deberea sub qualcunque circumstantias interferer con materias que esserea melio tractate a nivello statal o local. Le principio de subsidiaritate sempre debe esser appreciate. Le diversitate cultural es nostre fortia e un opportunitate. Le Union Europee debe esser un associato pro le personas qui prende decisiones localmente, un alliato qui pote e vole adjutar si necessari. Le rapide developpamento del mundo non permittera que Europa remanera immobile. Le globalisation, le continue liberalisation del commercio mundial, assi como nove crises ha ponite e va continuar a poner al proba le capacitate operative del Union. In reformar le Union Europee nos debe attinger un equilibrio juste. Non solmente inter institutiones ma tamben inter Statos-Membros minor e major. Le operabilitate del Union es mesmo plus importante pro le parve nationes como mi patria, Finlandia. In addition al effectivitate e al democratia, in reformar le processo decisive e le administration del Union nos debe insister super le apertura e le responsabilitate a fin de augmentar le confidentia del citatanos. Le expansion al est es un altere processo que non deberea esser interrumpite. Le UE deberea remaner aperte a tote le paises europee ingagiate al valores de economia de mercato, democratia e derectos human. Le Union Europee e su rolo in le Nationes Unite Malgrado le facto que nos certemente ha meliorate multo in cinquanta annos, a vices nos debe recordar nos que iste cerca europee pro su rolo in le dialogo global es ancora assatis juvene e es sub constante evolution. Le integration initiate in le campo economic non pote plus depender solmente de solutiones interne. Mesmo si nos ancora debe travaliar con le mercato unic, simultaneemente le Union Europee debe aperir se al mundo e assumer su responsabilitates global. A fin de satisfacer ille responsabilitates, le Union debe cooperar con le structuras create e con le organisationes existente e profitar del experientia ganiate in le Nationes Unite. Per medio de un approche integrate nos es plus potente pro eradicar le povressa, assecurar le derectos human, crear empleos e facer le economina global e le structuras international plus sensibile al necessitates basic de tote le esseres human. Le rolo del NU se ha developpate durante le decades post le guerra. Le patres fundatores del NU voleva crear un institution que poterea dar solutiones a problemas global. Ma illes non confideva bastante a lo que illes habeva create pro dar lo poteres independente e instrumentos pro prender decisiones effectivemente. Assi, le Nationes Unite es tanto forte quanto su agentes. E le agentes non es plus purmente le Statos-Nationes, ma blocos regional e politic, inter le quales le Union Europee es un del plus potentes. Le Union Europee debe esser un associato forte del Nationes Unite. Malgrado su debilitates, contra le quales tote le organisationes international debe luctar, le Nationes Unite ancora es le institution, que forma le base del cooperation global, coordina projectos de governantia global e promove pace e intendimento inter nationes. Le precondition pro solutiones global es le capacitate del nationes individual de renunciar a lor preferentias egoistic. Alcun valores universal deberea superar le valores definite conforme a interesses national. Isto es difficile intra le Union Europee si tote le Statos-Membros se insiste super le optiones que melio servi a lor proprie interesses. Le mesmo se applica al processo de integration europee in relation a tertie nationes. Le interesse commun del citatanos europee es le developpamento equilibrate e le progresso in un nivello international, non solmente le progresso attingite intra le Union. Pro iste ration nos desperatemente habeva, e va haber, necessitate de organisationes international que prende le responsabilitate global in vice de concentrar se super interesses national o regional. Le Nationes Unite es le foro pro cercar le equilibrio inter varie interesses e le foro pro negotiar le solutiones commun. Interesses divergente inter le nationes continua a exister ma nos non deberea nunquam lassar los crescer al puncto que le nationes necessitarea levar armas le unes contra le alteres. Le modello europee? In le Nationes Unite, le Union Europee deberea promover le modo europee de pensar, le "modello europee" como le Presidente Prodi lo ha exprimite. Con iste modello, de accordo con Prodi, nos son capace de integrar un efficiente economia de mercato con le ideologia de ben-esser social. Le unic problema es que iste modello ancora non existe. In multe aspectos, le Union Europee non es tanto effective quanto illo deberea esser. E le systemas de ben-esser social que pote haber essite progressive in le decade de 1970 non plus son adequate al economia global de hodie. Simple, illos non es sufficientemente flexibile. Ma ora, post le Summitate de Lisbona, nos son al limine de trovar le ver tertie via. Io es certe que es possibile crear un modello basate super le economia de mercato que es economicamente effective e socialmente juste. Le economia de mercato es le systema que nos forni le plus adequate mechanismos pro maestrar le societates moderne. Non le economia de mercato laissez-faire, ma uno plus controlate. Le economia de mercato controlate deberea esser le instrumento a usar tamben in le paises in via de developpamento quando nos tenta diminuer le povressa, meliorar le conditiones de vita, sanitate e derectos human pro le tertie mundo, evitar le "segregation digital" e dar a tote le esseres human le possibilitate de viver lor vitas in pace. Le societate informatic e civic Le proxime generation ha un grande avantage super su predecessores: le informatica e le nove e plus effective medios de communication. Nos frequentemente audi personas parlar super le morte del distantias e le morte del localisation. Isto es exactemente lo que illo representa. Le recente innovationes technologic es de poc adjuta, non importa quanto avantiate illos es, si le personas non succede a mantener le pace. Consequentemente, duo dimensiones de apprender es essential. Primo, le personas qui developpa technologias deberea apprender a resolver le problemas basate super le necessitates del vita quotidian. Secundo, il es le utilisatores final qui debe apprender como illes pote profitar del technologia moderne, e como illo pote facer le cosas plus facile in lor vitas quotidian. Pro transformar isto in realitate, nostre systemas educational debe inseniar a totes le habilitates basic necessari in le societate informatic. Tamben, nostre studiantes debe esser incoragiate a innovar e crear nove technologias pro le beneficio del proxime generation. Le brave nove economia tamben apporta defias. Toto va evenir plus rapido e le politicos ancora son tanto lente quanto illes ha sempre essite pro comprender, adoptar e travaliar conforme a nove ideas. Le inertia del processo decisive politic cresce e cresce usque nos debe admitter que il es in veritate nostre ressources human que restringe le developpamento. Le education como un base pro le developpamento e le successo Solmente fortificante nostre ressources human nos pote promover developpamento sustenibile economic, social e cultural. Le equalitate de opportunitates es le fundation de un economia de mercato salubre. Illo significa per exemplo le derecto de cata infante a reciper un education basic e haber le opportunitate de poter progreder a nivellos plus alte de education malgrado le stato social o le racia del studiante. Le augmento de capacitates e habilitates per medio del education es un prerequisito fundamental pro le successo del activitate interprenditorial e del creation de empleos. Education e recerca es le fundationes de nove innovationes, ben-esser e crescimento intellectual. Nos debe canalisar ressources verso le creation de un ambiente favorabile al innovation e al developpamento de un societate del cognoscentia. Nos debe incoragiar personas a facer le melior uso de lor capacitates e usar lor ideas e habilitates pro le beneficio del mundo como un toto. Le equalitate de opportunitates in le campo del education tamben apporta le melior talentos individual a servir le societate e a auxiliar illes qui es minus fortunate e qui non succede a arrangiar se in le societate per se mesmes. In cerca de equilibrio, responsas e veritate Goethe ha scripte multe tempore retro: "Non sonia sonios parve proque istes non ha poter pro mover le cordes del homines." E il es le cordes del citatanos que nos debe calefacer pro crear un futuro plus brillante pro nos totes. Io es certe que, sin sonios commun e sin le forte credentia que nos pote e va de facto realisar nostre sonios, nos non ha motivos pro continuar iste travalio. Senioras e Seniores, Le Union Europee es un projecto progressive, durante que illo continua a tentar equilibrar le interesses del parves e del grandes, inter le nord e le sud, e inter le prosperes e le minus fortunates. Uno ha dicite que le globalisation puni le pauperes e recompensa le riccos. Isto pote esser veritate, ma solmente si le communitate politic global es incapace de trovar le contrabalancia pro le globalisation economic. Vetule receptas politic non pote dar nos le responsas. Le governantia mundial non es decidite per nos presente a iste evento. Illo non es decidite in institutiones politic. Illo es decidite per generationes, qui structura lor perceptiones del mundo per medio del television e del communicationes via computator. Il es per isto que io vole finir mi discurso con le lingua que iste generation intende e in le qual illo communica. Le sapientia se origina del Agente Fox Mulder del X-files: "Frequentemente le sonios son responsas pro questiones que nos ancora non ha discoperte pro questionar. Necuno detene jurisdiction super le veritate. Le veritate ancora es la foras." E illo solo pote esser trovate in cooperation con alteres. Piia-Noora Kauppi Finlandia Membro del Parlamento Europee

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