Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-05-16-Speech-3-030"

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dcterms:Date	"2001-05-16"^^xsd:date2
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20010516.2.3-030"2
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lpv:speaker	lp:Bas Belder2
lpv:spokenAs	member; EDD (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Staatkundig Gereformeerde Partij - Gereformeerd Politiek Verbond - Reformatorisch Politieke Federatie (1999-07-20--2002-03-17)3 member; Temporary committee on the Echelon interception system (2000-07-06--2001-09-05)3 member; Members from the European Parliament to the Joint Parliamentary Assembly of the Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Union (ACP-EU) (2000-10-05--2002-01-14)3 member; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 vice-chair; Delegation for relations with the United States (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, when I was in Washington on an EP mission last week, I was greatly shocked by the exceptionally cruel and vile murder of two Israeli schoolboys. How can this spiral of violence in the Middle East be averted? What exact contribution can the Member States of the European Union make? With the noble intention of addressing these questions the Netherlands Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Van Aartsen, travelled to the region at the beginning of this month. The written account of his in-depth findings leads me to put a number of follow-up questions to the members of the Council and Commission present here. For example, during his meeting with the Israeli prime minister, Mr Sharon, the Dutch minister encountered clear criticism of the Middle East policy of the EU. Mr Sharon characterised it as ‘unbalanced’. This judgement, though, did not apply to the Netherlands, the premier added. I should like to hear the rebuttal by the Council and Commission of Mr Sharon’s statements on the matter, since they imply divergent approaches to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict by Member States. In addition Mr Van Aartsen points to the dangerous radicalisation of the Palestinian camp. Do the Council and Commission share this analysis and what opportunities do they see for combating this tendency from the European side? Thirdly, the Dutch minister argues for “a more effective international effort to promote a healthy institutional and democratic development of the Palestinian administration”. For at this moment, says Mr Van Aartsen, the administrative weakness of the Palestinian Authority threatens to undermine its authority on two sides, with its own population and no less with the state of Israel. And in that case what political prospects will there be for peaceful relations between Israel and Palestine? Are the Council and Commission, as donors of the Palestinian Authority, as aware of this lacuna and how do they propose to fill it in concrete terms? At any rate they can count on the support of the Israeli vice-premier Nathan Sharansky. In last Monday’s he argues for a direct link between concessions to the Palestinians and making Palestinian society more open and transparent. Mr Sharansky hopes that such a society will give the Palestinians the rights they deserve, without threatening Israel. Surely that Jewish dream demands a European effort too?"@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Wall Street Journal"1

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