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"en.19990915.11.3-161"2
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"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, visitors, as a Member for the Basque Country I would like to believe that raising our voices and asking for intervention and aid for Timor will be one more step towards ending, not only the killing by people protected by the Indonesian military, but, above all, the hypocrisy which dominates international politics.
Enough of bad dictatorships and good dictatorships, of the theory of “he’s a son of a bitch, but he’s our son of a bitch” – if you will excuse me, Mr President.
Enough of doctrines of the lesser evil, which imply that we can accept the rights of a few being trampled on in order to preserve the security of certain areas which are of interest to the powerful nations for geo-strategic reasons.
Enough of the speed of intervention being determined by the level of underground oil reserves.
But let us look inwards as well. Let us look at ourselves. Within the Union, we are witnessing the last two conflicts: Ireland and the Basque Country, which are in deadlock because of political and electoral party interests.
Peace, human rights and prosperity, inside and outside the European Union, cannot wait for days, weeks and years while we come to agreements amongst ourselves.
If only we could understand this once and for all."@en1
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