Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-11-16-Speech-2-024"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2004-11-16"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Arms sales2
dcterms:Language	"it"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20041116.7.2-024"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-11-16-Speech-2-0252
lpv:speaker	lp:Jas Gawronski2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-29--2009-07-13)3 member_of_the_bureau; EPP-ED (2004-11-14--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Forza Italia (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; INTA (2004-07-22--2005-04-03)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 member; AFET (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia and the South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) (2004-09-15--2005-02-27)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, it may even be true that the embargo against China seems anachronistic, especially after the lifting of the embargo against Libya, which is certainly not a model of respect for human rights. It is also understandable that China, a sovereign state, should seek to reinforce its defences to protect its security and territorial integrity. It is also true that a little progress has been made in improving respect for human rights, and that China remains a protagonist in the fight against terrorism and is exerting useful pressure on North Korea to stop developing nuclear weapons. However, it is also true that Beijing is trying to exploit the differences between ourselves and the United States on the subject. I am astonished that no one in this House has drawn attention to this dimension: our transatlantic relationship, which for us must remain of primary importance, will be affected by the more or less unified approach that we adopt towards the growing power of China. We also need to take account of the strategic, albeit precarious balance that currently exists in the Taiwan Strait. Taiwan is a model of democracy from which China is still very far removed. If, therefore, we intend to lift the embargo for reasons of for economic and political reasons, rather than out of respect for democracy, we should be able to do so only by binding the Chinese People’s Republic to clear and continuous progress on human rights, as the Commission’s representative has moreover said today. We must try at least to discuss – I do not mean harmonise – our position with that of the United States and those European countries that are currently opposed to removing the embargo. I consider it essential that our approach to this issue should be as unified and as concerted as possible."@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Realpolitik"1

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