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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-09-06"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:EU preparation for its future role in Kosovo (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"el"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060906.4.3-024"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-09-06-Speech-3-0252
lpv:speaker	lp:Panagiotis Beglitis2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; DROI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; SEDE (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Panellinio Socialistiko Kinima (2004-07-20--2007-09-25)3 member; AFET (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 vice-chair; Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-22--2007-09-25)3 member; PES (2004-07-20--2007-09-25)3 substitute; INTA (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Israel (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 member; Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2007-09-25)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, first I should like to welcome both the honesty and courage of Commissioner Rehn on the Council's stand on the 2007 budget. Ladies and gentlemen, to be honest, the European Union cannot be efficient and reliable without Community resources in the Balkans and the Council's proposal to reduce Community resources in the 2007 budget is, in my view, an unacceptable proposal which cannot be accepted. That being so, we surely all know that the European Union has an important role on the 'day after', in the period following the definition of the final regime in Kosovo. However, the European Union also has a very serious role to play today and it has a role in the definition of the final regime. We all believe in and support a peaceful, democratic, multiethnic and European Kosovo. However, we must show equal support for Serbia within the framework of the European strategy, as defined at the Thessaloniki Council. However, we believe that we should not get carried away by restricting timetables for defining the final regime. Any thoughts of unilaterally imposing a solution on Kosovo may prove to be counter-productive. The European Union should not repeat the mistakes it made in the 1990s. It must formulate a common stand. To close, I would like to refer to the question of Serbia, which particularly concerns me, because we have heard here from honourable Members with different views. There can be no peaceful solution for Kosovo, there can be no peace, stability and security in the Balkans unless there is democracy in Serbia within the European Union. From this point of view, the Council's decision to suspend negotiations on the Stabilisation and Association Agreement is, I think, an important political mistake for the European Union. Negotiations must start at once and, of course, we must see as they progress the implementation of the preconditions to cooperation with the International Criminal Court. The Serbian people must not be punished for the traumatic past under the autocratic Milosevic regime. Today we must see some sort of prospects for Serbia because, otherwise, we shall strengthen extreme nationalistic groups. I close with the situation regarding minority rights in Kosovo. All the recent reports by the UN Secretary General, the UN Human Rights Committee and non-governmental organisations describe a drastic situation for minorities, especially the Serbian minority in Kosovo. We are talking about respecting Resolution 1244 passed in 1999. We are talking about applying standards. We must, at long last, move in this direction."@en1

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