Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-03-20-Speech-4-038"

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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	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030320.2.4-038"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-03-20-Speech-4-0392
lpv:speaker	lp:Margie Sudre2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Members from the European Parliament to the Joint Parliamentary Assembly of the Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Union (ACP-EU) (2002-02-06--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Union pour un Mouvement Populaire (2002-12-02--2004-07-19)3 substitute; PECH (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member_of_the_bureau; EPP-ED (2002-03-08--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries and the Gulf (2002-07-04--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, it has to be noted that there is no legal justification for the decision by the United States to resort to immediate war, as the desired objectives could have been achieved by other means. The inspections produced evident results and, as Mr Blix himself said, opened the way to genuine disarmament by Iraq without the need to engage in armed conflict. President Jacques Chirac and French diplomats have not ceased their unequivocal condemnation of Saddam Hussein's regime. Moreover, they have constantly expressed the concern that Security Council resolution 1441 should be given its full meaning, repeatedly proposing that the inspectors be given further material or legal resources. The position maintained by France is shared by a large section of the international community, and in the Security Council, the sole legal body authorised to legitimise the use of force on an international scale, there has never been a majority sufficient to authorise an early recourse to war. I am horrified by the thought of the consequences of such a war in terms of human lives, both those of the Iraqi civilian population, which has already suffered particularly greatly, and of the British and US armed forces. In the event of a chemical or biological attack, France will give them every support in the form of humanitarian aid. A conflict such as this, however, jeopardises the efforts made over 50 years to build a world founded upon law and collective security. This conflict both greatly endangers the political stability of the Middle East as a whole and creates the risk that terrorism will again inflict devastation on a global scale. All we can do is hope that it will come to an end as quickly as possible. On this sad day, I am extremely proud to be French, for my country has been unstinting in its efforts to attempt to avert this futile war."@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"(Applause from the right)"1

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