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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-11-16"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Human rights2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20001116.9.4-163"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-11-16-Speech-4-1642
lpv:speaker	lp:Olivier Dupuis2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation to the EU-Romania Joint Parliamentary Committee (2000-01-17--2002-01-14)3 member; PETI (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia and the South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3 member; AFCO (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 member; Delegations to the parliamentary cooperation committees for relations with Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Lista Emma Bonino (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; TGI (1999-07-20--2001-10-02)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I think Mr Maaten has put his finger on an important point: Vietnam has all the factors needed to become rich and yet today it is one of the poorest countries in the world. It could be an Asian dragon, like the others that were discovered in recent years; nonetheless, as I said, it is one of the poorest countries. Another problem – Mr Posselt put it better than I could – is that there is one thing lacking: over and above the question of human rights, there is a lack of democracy in Vietnam today. That is what prevents the country from taking off; it is what prevents it from effectively combating the corruption which blights it. So the European Union must begin to take a firm stance towards Vietnam and raise the issue of the rule of law and not just – I repeat – the issue of human rights, where there have been some signs of improvement. These slight improvements – which we certainly do not owe to the author of the Socialist Group amendments, Mr Sakellariou – have come about over the last few years and given rise to a situation that is certainly no longer tragic but that remains disastrous and in any case still is no match for the real issues of modern-day Vietnam. The Commission must therefore take resolute action to ensure that the question of democracy, the question of the rule of law, becomes the key to the European Union's relations with Vietnam. So I believe this is an important resolution. We adopted a resolution two years ago, the most recent one on Vietnam, and there, too, I do not remember – nor do I think Mr Posselt remembers – the Socialist Group giving any particular undertaking to support that resolution at the time. We adopted the resolution and we have had occasion to note that it brought about a few small improvements. I hope that after this resolution is adopted – without Mr Sakellariou's amendments – we will hear a firm undertaking from the Commission and a few practical responses from the Vietnamese authorities."@en1

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