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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-03-20"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:War in Iraq2
dcterms:Language	"es"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030320.2.4-026"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-03-20-Speech-4-0272
lpv:speaker	lp:Gerardo Galeote2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 chair; Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Partido Popular (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with Israel (2002-03-07--2004-07-19)3 member_of_the_bureau; EPP-ED (1999-10-12--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Conference of Delegation Chairs (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, we all regret Europe’s failure in this crisis and the fact that the existing instruments for coordinating our foreign policy have shown themselves to be ineffective. There is no question that our group wishes the European Union to have an autonomous position in the world based on the defence of legitimate interests, but also on values such as democracy, respect for human rights and freedom, in other words, everything that the regime of Saddam Hussein has destroyed in his own country and everything we share with the United States. And therefore my group advocates strengthening the transatlantic link which has united us at other times in our history, which have also been difficult, as the President of the Catalonian Government has said. Despite the obvious differences within the European Union, there are certain things which I believe, now more than ever, we are obliged to do together. We must increase our efforts to contribute to the search for peace in the Middle East, and to eliminate the points of tension in the Maghreb and, of course, provide humanitarian aid during the conflict and then assist in the human, political and economic reconstruction of the country afterwards, as the Presidency of the Union has pointed out. I would ask the European Commission to reflect on whether it was hasty in some of the statements it made in this regard. At times like this it is easier to look the other way, it is easier to hide behind a banner than to confront tyranny. Sometimes it is more profitable as well. What we must do is respect the opinions of others. However, experience has taught us, Mr President, that force is the only response to oppression, and we are only servants of our democratic convictions."@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"(Applause from the right)"1

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