Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-06-14-Speech-4-131"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-06-14"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Situation in the Central African Republic2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20010614.7.4-131"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-06-14-Speech-4-1322
lpv:speaker	lp:Johan Van Hecke2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Temporary committee on the Echelon interception system (2000-07-06--2001-09-05)3 vice-chair; 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) (1999-09-14--2002-01-14)3 member; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Christelijke Volkspartij (1999-07-20--2001-09-30)3 member; EPP-ED (1999-07-20--2002-09-17)3 substitute; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, democracy has still not been achieved in Africa. That emerged yet again in the attempted coup in the Central African Republic, in fact a classic scenario. A leader refuses to accept the outcome of the elections and does everything to regain power, supported by soldiers from his own ethnic group and this is followed by repression and cleansing operations. However, the difference is that this time troops from other African countries intervened to support the democratically elected leader. So that, given the indifference of the international communities, African countries are slowly learning to solve their own problems for themselves. The fact that in the process, a country like Libya gains more power and esteem in the continent is a regrettable but obviously inevitable side effect. There is more to it than that, however. The events in the Central African Republic are also an extension of the war in Congo. The perpetrators of the coup were supported by pro-Kabila troops, who are trying to attack the Congolese rebels from the rear and cut their supply lines. The war in Congo, the war in Central Africa is spreading like an oil slick across the continent. Unfortunately Europe is looking on indecisively and passively. The lack of interest, but mainly the divisions within the European Union, leads to indecisive and inconsistent action against countries that break the Lusaka agreements. I should like, in this context, once again to argue strongly in favour of our not forgetting Africa, neither in their interests nor in ours. For if we wish to avoid hundreds of thousands of Africans migrating to Europe, then we must apply ourselves to conflict prevention and conflict management and ensure that these people are give the chance to survive in their own countries."@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"(Applause)"1

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