Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-09-04-Speech-3-032"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-09-04"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Iraq2
dcterms:Language	"da"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020904.1.3-032"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-09-04-Speech-3-0332
lpv:speaker	lp:Mogens Camre2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Dansk Folkeparti (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 vice-chair; UEN (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 member; CONT (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, a speaker on the left side of the Chamber said that we must oblige the United States to act in accordance with Europe. I believe it is naïve to believe that we can put the United States under an obligation. The United States does not act in order to achieve world domination. It acts only because we are exposed to the threat of a development worse than war. If Europe cannot decide, the United States will hopefully act alone. It is as if we have forgotten that it was the United States that rescued Europe in the First and Second World Wars and that saved us from Communist takeover. It is naïve to believe that the United States would act without evidence. The United States would not make large sacrifices if there were less risky alternatives. Prime Minister Tony Blair stated clearly yesterday that they had evidence. It is Tony Blair’s and the United Kingdom’s position we should emulate, and I would call upon the Presidency to work towards a situation in which the EU is united in rallying to the cause of combating dictatorship. We should not of course be infringing international law by toppling a vicious dictatorship which is threatening its own people and world security, and the approach based on the UN model has of course been fully tried and tested. The weapons inspectors were turfed out, so what is the point of bringing them back? Saddam Hussein has been given every warning, but he is quite clearly unreceptive to our demands, and we are merely signalling our own weakness. Our duty towards the people of Europe is to stand shoulder to shoulder with the United States in this fight against a dictatorship that is threatening world security."@en1

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