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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-04-24"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Meeting of Euro-Mediterranean Foreign Ministers in Valencia of 22/23 April 20022
dcterms:Language	"sv"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020424.3.3-051"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-04-24-Speech-3-0522
lpv:speaker	lp:Olle Schmidt2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation for relations with Japan (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 member; ECON (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; ELDR (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Slovak Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)3 unknown; Folkpartiet liberalerna (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Minister, we all feel a great deal of sorrow and frustration at what is happening in the Middle East. The violence and the killing must stop. Together with the United States, the EU can play an important role in the process of achieving a ceasefire, together with peace and reconciliation. Europe’s decision-makers must be able to create a broadly based confidence in the EU as a partner in the Middle East. That is not the situation at present, my friends. Up until now, a balanced approach has been demanded, able to resolve conflicts and create a climate for coexistence, not a climate of isolation or exclusion for any party. Today, more and more people, especially in this House, are talking about trade sanctions. Are trade sanctions against Israel, and thus indirectly against Palestine too, really the best way of preparing the way for peace? Is isolating Israel a fruitful path to go down if the EU is to be able to acquire a more significant role in the region? I do not think so. I also want to say that the comparison which Mr Gahrton has just made between Israel and the policy of apartheid in South Africa is appalling. Experience of previous international sanctions should give pause for reflection. Look at Cuba. Look at Iraq. Have Castro and Saddam Hussein been weakened? Hardly. Who is it who have to suffer? It is not Ariel Sharon. Instead, it is the farm workers and orchard labourers who cultivate fruit and wine. I have a few direct questions for you, Minister. I have heard that, at the last Council meeting in Luxembourg, the Swedish Foreign Minister talked in terms of the EU’s needing to prepare itself for introducing trade sanctions against Israel. Is this information correct? Which countries can conceive of trade sanctions as a method? I have also received information to suggest that the Swedish Government is preparing to introduce trade sanctions. Is the same thing happening in other countries? Finally, Minister, I want to ask what you personally think about trade sanctions and threats to isolate Israel. Is that a path which you personally believe the EU should go down? You said that all alternatives are open? What do you mean by that? Do you mean that you too are prepared to isolate Israel?"@en1

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