Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-02-01-Speech-3-071"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-02-01"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Results of the elections in Palestine and situation in the Middle-East, and the Council's decision not to publish the report on East Jerusalem2
dcterms:Language	"es"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060201.12.3-071"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-02-01-Speech-3-0722
lpv:speaker	lp:David Hammerstein2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Los Verdes (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; PETI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; G/EFA (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 member; Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 substitute; AGRI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; Delegation for relations with Israel (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 member; ITRE (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, I believe that the European Union’s mediating role is more necessary now than ever. Now would be the worst possible time to abandon the region and the Palestinian people, and at the same time we should learn the appropriate lessons. What have we learnt from our involvement in the region and our aid to the Palestinian people? What have we learnt from saying for years that the solution was elections and democracy, that they were a step forwards and a condition for peace, when we are now seeing that those elections have become a problem rather than a solution? I have heard no self-criticism from the Council or the Commission with regard to what we have done wrong, after investing billions of euros. I believe that this Hamas victory reflects a situation in which Israeli policy has managed to realise a self-fulfilling prophecy. For years they have said: there is no Palestinian partner for peace. Well, in the end that is precisely what they have achieved. The European Union must now make it abundantly clear that, if Hamas wants to continue, it must accept the rules of the game and the agreements already reached by the Palestinian Government, it must recognise Israel and it must disband its militias. And at the same time we must work very hard to open up a prospect for peace. One of the fundamental reasons for Hamas’s victory is that there is no hope, there is no hope of a definitive agreement in the Middle East. Furthermore, the Palestinians’ quality of life has continued to deteriorate year after year. The Quartet’s commitments on the ground to improve the well-being of the Palestinians have progressed at a snail's pace, very slowly, and the complicated procedures and obstacles have not been convincingly overcome. I believe that we must mediate and work as we have never done before to open up this prospect for peace."@en1

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