Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-10-03-Speech-3-060"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-10-03"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Extraordinary European Council of 21 September 2001 in Brussels – Preparatory work for the European Council in Ghent2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20011003.2.3-060"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-10-03-Speech-3-0612
lpv:speaker	lp:Proinsias De Rossa2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, I wish to concentrate my remarks on the issue of terrorism. I welcome the fact that we are building a worldwide alliance against terrorism, but I would argue very strongly that we also need to build a worldwide alliance against poverty, exploitation and oppression. The battle against terrorism is above all a battle of values and a battle of ideas. We will not defeat terrorism, whether it be national terrorism, whether it be driven by fundamentalism of any kind, unless we do battle with the ideas that underpin that terror. We have to recall again that no country has ever been defeated by terrorism and I am certainly confident that the terrorism which we now face on an international scale does not have that capacity unless we allow it by failing to grapple with the ideas underlying it. This is not an argument for business as usual. It is an argument for avoiding the trap set for us by terrorism. We have to be careful also not to fall into the trap of seeing Muslims as an enemy. The statements by our European leaders and President Prodi are very much welcome in this regard. I condemn utterly the statements by Prime Minister Berlusconi. It is a disgrace that a country of the European Union is led by a man who can present these ideas in this day and age, particularly when the country is Italy, which in my view has always led in terms of modern ideas. I would add my voice to others' condemnations. The question is how do we respond? The very best response, apart from the obvious security measures that we have to take, is to defend our ideas of freedom, of democracy, of justice and of ending exploitation. This European Union has a key role to play on the European stage in leading that battle and not falling into line behind those who only see security as an answer to this appalling problem."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	vice-chair; PETI (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 member; EMPL (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Labour Party (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 vice-chair; PES (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"De Rossa (PSE )."1

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