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dcterms:Date	"2005-09-29"^^xsd:date2
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20050929.5.4-041"2
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lpv:speaker	lp:Bas Belder2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation to the EU-Bulgaria Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2006-12-31)3,3 member; IND/DEM (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3,3 substitute; REGI (2004-09-15--2007-01-14)3,3 substitute; AFCO (2004-09-15--2007-01-14)3,3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the United States (2004-09-23--2007-03-13)3,3 vice-chair; Delegation for relations with Israel (2004-09-20--2007-03-13)3,3 member; AFET (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3,3 substitute; INTA (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3,3 unknown; ChristenUnie - Staatkundig Gereformeerde Parti (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3,3
lpv:translated text	". Mr President, it was almost unanimously, let us say with one abstention, that this House’s Committee on Foreign Affairs, on 13 July, adopted its opinion on the report by Mrs Lucas, on behalf of the Committee on International Trade, about the prospects for trade relations between the EU and China. In its opinion, the Foreign Affairs Committee focused on the issue of the arms embargo as well as the enforcement of human rights in the People’s Republic of China. With regard to some EU Member States’ intention to lift the arms embargo with Beijing, the Foreign Affairs Committee noted that such political action would be inappropriate at this time, mainly for three reasons. First of all, there has not been a significant improvement in the enforcement of human rights in China. Secondly, the adoption of the anti-secession law in March 2005 by the Chinese Parliament leaves the door open to Chinese military intervention in Taiwan. Thirdly, the Foreign Affairs Committee would stress that lifting the arms embargo could seriously undermine regional stability in East Asia. In its opinion, the Foreign Affairs Committee does not mince its words where the protection of human rights in China is concerned. It is deeply worried about the persistent violations of such basic rights as freedom of opinion, assembly and religion. Not for nothing does the committee see a direct connection with the continuing Council debate on a possible lifting of the arms embargo. In the unlikely event of the Council deciding in favour of lifting it, then this would certainly not prompt the Chinese authorities into taking respect for human rights seriously at long last. What remains is considerable loss of face for the European Union internationally with regard to its own basic values. I hope, as draftsman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, that its position with regard to the Lucas report will strike a sympathetic chord with the European institutions and will be considered worth following."@en1

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