Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-02-15-Speech-4-155"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-02-15"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Situation in Kosovo2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20010215.6.4-155"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-02-15-Speech-4-1562
lpv:speaker	lp:Bart Staes2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Conference of Delegation Chairs (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 member; CONT (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; G/EFA (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 chair; Delegations to the parliamentary cooperation committees and delegations for relations with Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Volksunie (1999-07-20--2002-01-07)3
lpv:translated text	"President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, let me first say plainly and simply: I am opposed to any kind of force in political conflict. I believe we must see that as an absolutely fundamental principle. But the situation is, of course, rather more complicated in Kosovo and in the Presevo valley than simply dealing with a few extremist Albanians and heaping abuse on them today. Of course I shall support the resolution, but really I should have preferred it if we had tackled in one go today not only the situation in the Presevo valley, but also what is still happening daily in Mitrovica. Because there – and we must not forget that – it is not only policemen, not only KFOR troops, but also citizens who are attacked daily, and it is no fun living there. Very many colleagues have been there and know what the situation is like. I am amazed at the warmth with which the international community is treating President Kostuníca at this moment. We are making a fuss of him, and supporting him, and when he came to power we quite rightly told him that there must be immediate emergency aid. Of course I was in favour of that, but we are now at a turning point. We are at a moment when we are moving from emergency aid to structural help. I believe that this is a turning point that we must take advantage of. We must use it to make clear once and for all to Mr Kostuníca and his regime that he will have to take fundamental steps to solve the problems in Kosovo. That means, in the first instance, the release of prisoners. We have still made no progress at all with this. This is a real scandal. If one comes into contact with Albanian Kosovars, that is the first thing they ask about. Secondly, I believe that we must use the turning point finally to force Mr Kostuníca to consider a truly fundamental political solution for the Kosovo region, and in my view that means autonomy."@en1

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