Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-11-06-Speech-3-154"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-11-06"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Nuclear sector in North Korea (KEDO)2
dcterms:Language	"sv"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20021106.10.3-154"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-11-06-Speech-3-1552
lpv:speaker	lp:Per Gahrton2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Miljöpartiet (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 member; G/EFA (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, North Korea’s acknowledgement that it has a programme under way to develop nuclear weapons is not only an insult to the credibility of international agreements but also a total defeat for the KEDO project. The EU believed it could use so-called peaceful civil nuclear power to bribe a totalitarian regime to refrain from developing nuclear weapons. This naïve confidence in nuclear solutions to serious problems has now given rise to a backlash and caused the EU to appear in an embarrassing and ridiculous light. The Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance has maintained right from the beginning that the KEDO project has been badly thought out. We have proved to have been horribly right. Unfortunately, it appears as if neither the Commission nor the political groups in Parliament that support nuclear power are managing to look the truth in the face, draw the logical conclusions from the KEDO fiasco and abandon the project. What is missing from the joint motion for a resolution is a clear acknowledgement of the fact that KEDO has been wrongly constructed, badly thought out, dangerous and counter-productive right from the start. Support for North Korea’s seriously afflicted people must be provided in quite different forms. The EU must clearly and openly acknowledge its mistake in joining KEDO and inform other KEDO members that it is withdrawing from the project. The fact is that those responsible for KEDO should be ashamed of themselves. Certainly, there is a need to proceed carefully so as not to damage the so-called Sunshine Policy, and certainly there is a need to talk with the Pyongyang leadership in order to drive the normalisation process forward. There is no need, however, desperately to cling to so completely ill-conceived and discredited a project as KEDO."@en1
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