Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-11-14-Speech-1-107"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2005-11-14"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:"Secret detention centres" in Europe2
dcterms:Language	"pl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20051114.15.1-107"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2005-11-14-Speech-1-1082
lpv:speaker	lp:Ryszard Czarnecki2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; SEDE (2004-07-21--2006-11-14)3 substitute; AFCO (2004-07-21--2006-11-14)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of south-east Europe (2004-10-13--2007-03-13)3 member; AFET (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Samoobrona RP (2004-07-20--2008-01-23)3 substitute; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2006-11-14)3 member; NA (2004-07-20--2006-11-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, it may well be the case that the issue we are debating also concerns my own country, Poland. The Polish Government has issued an official statement denying that there are any prisons of this kind in Poland. It says a lot that the statement makes no direct reference to the past, however. Further investigation is therefore needed into the matter. The former Minister for National Defence has denied reports that al-Qaeda terrorists are being held in special prisons in our country, but he did so during a radio interview in a manner once favoured by the Soviet news agency TASS. Anything denied by the latter was effectively confirmed as true. At the same time, however, I would call on the Members of the House to keep a sense of proportion during this debate. The war against terror is essential and we must be unyielding and resolute in fighting it, but it must be guided by public opinion. There are two extremes that I firmly believe we must avoid. The first of these is the attitude that the end justifies the means, and that even democratic values and human rights should be sacrificed in the fight against international terrorism. This must not be allowed to happen. Yet we must also ensure that the Western world and the values we uphold are not left in a state of paralysis. I believe that these two extremes should be eschewed, and it would be regrettable if either were to gain ascendancy in the European Parliament or in any EU institution. I believe that this Chamber is the right place to say loud and clear, without hesitation, that the war on terror will be fought hard and ruthlessly, but that it will be guided by public opinion. In this way it will gain a public mandate and public legitimacy in the free West."@en1

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