Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-04-13-Speech-3-052"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2005-04-13"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Meeting of the European Council (Brussels, 22 and 23 March 2005)2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20050413.2.3-052"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2005-04-13-Speech-3-0532
lpv:speaker	lp:Dirk Sterckx2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; ITRE (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3 member; PECH (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member_of_the_bureau; ALDE (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; TRAN (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Vlaamse Liberalen en Democraten - Vivant (2004-07-20--2008-04-17)3 substitute; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, and for relations with Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 chair; Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China (2004-09-21--2007-03-13)3 member; Conference of Delegation Chairs (2004-09-22--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"As chairman of this Parliament’s delegation for relations with the People’s Republic of China, I should like to say something to the President of the Council about lifting the arms embargo. I note that, even though you know that this is opposed by a large majority in this House, the Council remains intent on pressing ahead with it. I even have sympathy for the Chinese when they question this as a political gesture and say that, in a strategic partnership such as ours, there is no room for embargos of this kind. If, however, we want to make a political gesture, we must ask for one in return, and this we are not yet getting. Far from it; the Anti-Separation Law, which was adopted in China last month, sends the wrong message. Later on this month, a delegation from the Chinese People’s Congress will be explaining to this House what, precisely, was the intention behind this, and I shall be listening to their explanation with a great deal of interest. I also think that we should ask for a gesture in connection with individual human rights, because there has been too little evidence of improvement in this respect in China recently. So, Mr President-in-Office of the Council, if the Council wants to make a political gesture, I urge you to demand gestures in return from the Chinese Government. I hope that the Council will be prepared to adopt this line, which enjoys the support of a large majority in this House."@en1

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