Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-11-19-Speech-3-158"

Predicate	Value (sorted: default)
rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-11-19"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Outcome of the EU-Russia summit2
dcterms:Language	"it"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20031119.6.3-158"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-11-19-Speech-3-1592
lpv:speaker	lp:Antonio Tajani2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Forza Italia (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with Israel (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 member; AFCO (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; EPP-ED (2003-10-15--2003-12-15)3 substitute; PETI (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, how can one not share in the commitment to defend human rights or to uphold the right of peoples to self-determination? How can one not defend the right of the Chechen people to express their own opinion? That is why I stand behind the words of the President-in-Office of the Council and support the position of the European People’s Party. Nevertheless, although I endorse the general thrust of the compromise resolution on which this House is to vote tomorrow, I cannot agree on one point, where it gives a specious and inaccurate interpretation of the position expressed by the President-in-Office of the Council of the European Union – something that a few Members have also done in this House. The truth is not what is maintained in this report; the truth is not what Mr Watson has said or what Mr Cohn-Bendit has said; the truth is what the GUE/NGL Members have said. I refer back to the well-known press conference that has been mentioned, because it is only fair that we should also remember what the President of the Russian Federation, Mr Putin, said, to the effect that during the talks, the awkward questions and the doubts about our policy came from Mr Berlusconi himself. This was written by an agency that is certainly not in line with the government’s positions. The press agencies still maintain that it was the Italian Prime Minister who raised the Chechen question. I therefore believe that what happened at the summit should be interpreted very carefully and accurately, especially the spirit and willingness that characterised the efforts of the current Presidency of the European Union. Any other interpretation will be open to use for political ends, especially within Italy."@en1

Named graphs describing this resource:

The resource appears as object in 2 triples

Context graph