Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-04-27-Speech-3-042"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2005-04-27"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Human rights in the world 2004 and the EU's policy2
dcterms:Language	"it"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20050427.7.3-042"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2005-04-27-Speech-3-0432
lpv:speaker	lp:Jas Gawronski2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; TRAN (2005-04-04--2007-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the Korean Peninsula (2005-02-28--2007-03-13)3 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 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
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, nearly everyone has offered their congratulations to the author of this report and I can only add my own. In reality, it is logical that within such an extensive report, which addresses issues in 70 countries, there may be ideas about which people will not be in complete agreement. In contrast to what has been said by a succession of Members from the European left, however, I should like to point out a few brave positions adopted by the rapporteur with regard to major economic and political powers, towards which this Parliament all too often adopts an ambiguous and diplomatic stance, in a cynical attitude of it could be said, to protect foreign trade. I am referring to China: the Commission and the Council have announced their willingness, if not actually their intention, to abolish the arms embargo. It is true that some progress has been made with regard to human rights, and it is true that China remains a prominent figure in the fight against terrorism, and that it is exerting useful pressure on North Korea to stop developing nuclear weapons. That is not enough, however, and the report recognises it. Above all, I should like to add that there is no need to allow China to exploit existing disagreements between the European Union and the United States on that issue. I am also referring to Russia, which, in the tragic Chechen crisis and in its running of the country in general, cannot resist adopting measures that have little in common with our own vision of democracy. The report also adopts a clear and precise position on this issue. I will conclude by wholeheartedly endorsing the idea that, in my view, lies at the heart of this excellent report: no economic or commercial consideration should ever lead the European Union to deny or downplay the existence of human rights violations."@en1

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