Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-02-12-Speech-4-127"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2004-02-12"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Elections in Iran2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20040212.8.4-127"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-02-12-Speech-4-1282
lpv:speaker	lp:Charles Tannock2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, Iran is a great country with a glorious past. I also believe it to be one of the most sophisticated Middle Eastern societies, with an inherent tendency towards progress and modernity. Perhaps its fundamentalist Islamic revolution will be seen, with the passage of time, as a blip in the curve of its traditionally long historic record of advancement. It is precisely for this reason that at this critical juncture of the ongoing power struggle, the EU must maintain open supportive dialogue with both the government and the reformists, and in particular with the modernisers within the government. We have already seen the welcome suspension of the barbaric medieval punishment of female lapidation for adultery, and Iran has now agreed to sign the NPT Additional Protocol to put a stop to its covert nuclear weapons programme, now fully out in the open after the confessions of Abdul Qadeer Khan in Pakistan. Ultimately, democracy too will prevail and the mullahs of the Council of Guardians will hopefully return to their intended spiritual and pastoral role."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2003-09-22--2004-07-19)3,3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Estonia Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-03-13--2004-04-30)3,3 substitute; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3,3 member; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3,3 unknown; Conservative and Unionist Party (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3,3 member; Delegation to the EU-Slovak Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)3,3 member; Delegation to the EU-Ukraine and the EU-Moldova Parliamentary Cooperation Committees and Delegation for relations with Belarus (2002-10-21--2004-07-19)3,3 substitute; ECON (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3,3 member; EPP-ED (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3,3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Tannock (PPE-DE )."1

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