Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-02-01-Speech-3-075"

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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.20060201.12.3-075"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-02-01-Speech-3-0762
lpv:speaker	lp:José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-neyra2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Partido Popular (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; AFET (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; Temporary Committee on the alleged use of European countries by the CIA for the transport and illegal detention of prisoners (2006-01-19--2007-02-14)3 substitute; SEDE (2004-07-27--2007-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Mexico Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-29--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America (2004-10-12--2007-03-13)3 substitute; AFCO (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3 vice-chair; Delegation for relations with Mercosur (2004-09-21--2007-03-13)3 member_of_the_bureau; EPP-ED (2004-08-31--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the countries of the Andean Community (2004-09-29--2007-03-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the NATO Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-16--2007-03-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, although the recent results of the Palestinian elections hardly inspire optimism, I believe that one of the greatest mistakes the European Union, in general, and this Parliament, in particular, could make, would be to rush to hasty conclusions. What I do believe we can say without any mistake is that the presence of the European Union’s electoral observation mission has been a notable success for the European Commission and that — as Commissioner Ferrero-Waldner has said — it increases the Union’s visibility and contributes to the consolidation of democracy throughout the world. We must therefore congratulate the Commission and also our fellow Members Mr McMillan-Scott and Mrs De Keyser, as well as the other Members of this Parliament who accompanied them. Madam President, I believe that it would be premature to draw the conclusion that the spluttering peace process in the Middle East will be buried as a result of these elections or that these elections herald the death of the Oslo agreements. I believe that we must allow a little time to pass and see what moves are made. In particular, despite the mistakes made, we must treat the President of the Palestinian National Authority as a legitimate interlocutor, wait until the new government is formed, remembering — as Mrs De Keyser said — that 75% of the citizens who have voted for this political formation do not want the destruction of Israel and, finally, Madam President, assess what impact this electoral process will have on the Israeli elections. Sooner or later, Commissioner, however, regardless of the urgent short-term issues, the European Union will have to give its opinion on something that is fundamental: whether the immense needs — as you have said — of the Palestinian people are compatible with the existence of Hamas, whose founding convention calls for the liquidation and destruction of the State of Israel, and the fact that it appears on the European Union's list of terrorist organisations. In this regard, Madam President, the European Union's action must not show double standards: it must renounce terror and violence as a means of political action or renounce European Union action and aid."@en1

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