Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-07-06-Speech-3-275"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2005-07-06"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:The Balkans: 10 years after Srebrenica2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20050706.26.3-275"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2005-07-06-Speech-3-2762
lpv:speaker	lp:Erik Meijer2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; AFET (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; DROI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Socialistische Partij (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the countries of south-east Europe (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 member; EUL/NGL (2004-11-14--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Croatia Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 member; TRAN (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	". Mr President, ten years ago, the presence of the Dutch armed forces gave the people of Srebrenica a false sense of security. This place that was proclaimed a safe haven was an indefensible island in the middle of the much bigger Serbian Republic, which was, and still is, considered a safe haven by another section of the population. By completely misjudging the situation, action was not taken in time to prevent the inevitable surrender from culminating in retaliation and even mass murder. My group takes the view that the ultimate outcome would not have been much different had there been an EU centralised common foreign policy or a mandate that authorised Dutchbat to use more force and ensured support in the form of aerial bombardments. If you want to guarantee the peaceful coexistence of the three nations in Bosnia, you have to look for solutions that are backed by all parties and not just by one or two that enjoy our favour. Only a federative model that recognises diversity, along the lines of Belgium and Switzerland, can do justice to everyone. We have to take as our starting point the reality that the North and East are very much oriented towards Serbia, and the South West towards Croatia, and that it is in those areas that most of the people live. That is why Bosnia and Herzegovina need open borders with the neighbouring countries. Any attempt to create a centralised, united state can only result in a permanent battle for power between the different sections of the population. No one group should be able to dominate another; that is the lesson we should have learned from Srebrenica and from the chaotic implementation of the Dayton Peace Agreement."@en1

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