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J.2S Speaker's Delegation 2008 Poland, Czech Republic and … J.2S Report of the Parliamentary Delegation led by the Speaker to Poland, the Czech Republic and Hungary 21 – 30 April 2008 Hon Margaret Wilson MP, Speaker Forty-eighth Parliament Presented to the House of Representatives J.2S SPEAKER’S DELEGATION Contents BACKGROUND..............................................................................................................................3 INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3 OBJECTIVES....................................................................................................................................4 European Union................................................................................................................................4 POLAND...........................................................................................................................................5 New Zealand relationship.................................................................................................................6 Institutional framework....................................................................................................................7 Themes................................................................................................................................................8 Comment............................................................................................................................................9 CZECH REPUBLIC........................................................................................................................9 New Zealand relationship...............................................................................................................10 Institutional framework..................................................................................................................11 Themes..............................................................................................................................................11 Comment..........................................................................................................................................12 HUNGARY......................................................................................................................................13 New Zealand relationship...............................................................................................................13 Institutional framework..................................................................................................................14 Themes..............................................................................................................................................14 Várpalota...........................................................................................................................................16 Comment..........................................................................................................................................16 APPENDIX 1..................................................................................................................................18 APPENDIX 2..................................................................................................................................19 APPENDIX 3..................................................................................................................................26 APPENDIX 4..................................................................................................................................33 i J.2S SPEAKER’S DELEGATION Report of the Parliamentary Delegation led by the Speaker to Poland, the Czech Republic and Hungary 21 – 30 April 2008 BACKGROUND The annual Speaker’s delegation adds a further dimension to building New Zealand’s bilateral relationships with other countries by developing relations between parliamentarians. Each year Parliament hosts about 50 delegations from other countries. In turn the New Zealand Parliament sends an annual delegation, led by the Speaker, to countries considered strategically important for political, economic, trade and cultural reasons. The membership of the 2008 Speaker’s delegation is set out in Appendix 1. INTRODUCTION This year’s visit involved travel to three countries with which New Zealand has longstanding and diverse relationships: Poland, the Czech Republic and Hungary. See Appendix 3, Press Releases. Introductory briefings in Warsaw, Prague and Budapest on parliamentary and political systems were a welcome innovation in this year’s programme. The briefings by leading academic commentators painted an historical picture of centuries of upheaval and contextualised what we were to see and hear. The programme was put together following close consultation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the New Zealand Embassies in Poland and Berlin. I would like to acknowledge the advice and help in Warsaw and Krakow provided by: Ambassador Philip Griffiths, Consul-General and Trade Commissioner Jennifer Scoular, Second Secretary Loveday Kempthorne; in Prague and Budapest Ambassador Alan Cook, Jennifer Scoular, Second Secretary Zoe Coulson-Sinclair and Cornelia Loeser, adviser. Vera Egermayer and Rezső Sárdi, Honorary Consuls in Prague and Budapest, accompanied the delegation in the Czech Republic and Hungary and provided useful local knowledge. Because this was a parliamentary delegation, we were given access at the highest level including meetings with the Presidents of Poland, the Czech Republic and Hungary. Their interests and concerns were remarkably similar including electoral systems, climate change, sustainable development and green initiatives. Members of the delegation also met Speakers and Deputy Speakers from the three countries, the Czech Prime Minister and the Deputy Prime Minister of Poland, 3 SPEAKER’S DELEGATION J.2S Hungary’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, select committees and parliamentary friendship groups. The programme is set out in Appendix 2. OBJECTIVES The primary purpose of these delegations is to maintain and promote relations with other parliaments. It is through these relationships that Members and officials gain knowledge of other electoral systems; promote New Zealand’s economic interests through for example trade agreements; develop opportunities for New Zealanders who wish to travel such as the increasing number of working holiday agreements; and promote cultural exchanges. Delegations often represent New Zealand at ceremonies such as those to commemorate ANZAC Day. New Zealand has a good international image which is in part due to the numerous face-to-face contacts between Members of Parliament and their counterparts in other countries. This reputation has attracted many overseas parliaments to visit New Zealand to learn about our form of democratic government. This year’s delegation had two specific objectives. The first was to engage with parliaments that are proportionally represented and which have coalition governments. The second was to learn more about the new enlarged Europe and understand the role played by Poland, the Czech Republic and Hungary. The delegation’s visit was well- timed with the Czech Republic already planning for when it assumes the Presidency of the European Union in 2009. Hungary’s term is in 2011. Poland is the largest of the new European Union member states and it is a significant regional player in European East-West security relations. There is no substitute for bilateral face-to-face relations and I believe New Zealand must deepen and broaden its relations with Poland and the other two states. As a trading nation, New Zealand’s relationship with Europe is very important. New Zealand’s economic linkages lie in Europe and in particular the new market of Central-Eastern Europe. The relationships formed on these visits can only be enhanced by a better understanding of their culture, systems and economy. European Union 2008 sees the European Union focus on three main priorities. The top priority is the ratification of the Lisbon Treaty agreed last year. It incorporates a substantial package of institutional reforms, including a revised voting system, a new position of President of the European Council, a new position combining the roles of High Representative of the Council and External Relations Commissioner and a reduced number of Commissioners. Working through the implications of these changes will require complex political management between European Union institutions and member states. 4 J.2S SPEAKER’S DELEGATION It was clearly preoccupying most of those leaders we met, who see the process of ratification as a key task for the Commission. It is expected that the majority of member states will ratify the treaty before the European summer of 2008, with Ireland the only state requiring a referendum. The European Union’s second area of focus in 2008 will be climate change and energy. It set itself ambitious climate change targets last year. There is now a need to achieve formally binding decisions from member states on these targets. The third priority is to develop capacity to react to financial turmoil. This is a new issue, forced on the European Union by the US sub-prime crisis and its ongoing effects. It has internal dimensions, in particular how to address the varied situations of 27 member states ranging from those with solid fiscal and monetary settings to those that
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