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L'Union
européenne
actrice majeure
du monde du XXIème
siècle: renforcer
les intégrations
régionales,
affronter les défits
globaux etdomestiquer
la globalisation |
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M.
John HONTELEZ,
Secrétaire
général,
European
Environment
Bureau,
Belgique
Intervention
: 'A Sustainable
Development
Strategy
for Europe'
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Three
leading European
environmental
organisations
presented their
joint proposals
for a Europe
Sustainable
Development
Strategy to
the European
Commission last
September :
The EEB, Friends
of Earth and
International
Friends of Nature
who responded
to the demand
from Europe's
political leaders,
when they met
in the European
Summit in Helsinki
in December
1999, for a
long-term strategy
"dovetailing
policies for
economically,
socially and
ecologically
sustainable
development.
The four objectives
of the Commission
are :
. a new social
and economic
agenda
. better quality
of life
. new forms
of European
governance
. global responsibility
The organisations
argue for a
strategy with
a time horizon
of 20 to 30
years, yet detailed
and concrete.
They underline
that a sustainable
development
strategy necessarily
include an effort
"to make
Europe more
democratic,
more accessible,
accountable
and transparent
for its citizens".
Finally the
three organisations
note that the
EU "has
an important
role to play
in creating
a more effective
and equal global
economy"
and demand specific
objectives in
the Strategy
to achieve this
aim, including
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. reducing the
negative impact
of the EU's
own production
and consumption
patterns
. promoting
the development
of civil society,
sustainable
production and
consumption
and fair trade
in developing
countries
. taking the
lead in the
reform of international
institutions,
rules and systems
. increasing
rather than
reducing the
transfer of
money to developing
countries, by
applying Sustainability
Impact Assessments
to these funds.
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