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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-10-25"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Results of the informal summit of heads of state and government (Lahti, 20 October 2006) (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"pl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20061025.4.3-034"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-10-25-Speech-3-0352
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 substitute; Temporary Committee on the alleged use of European countries by the CIA for the transport and illegal detention of prisoners (2006-01-19--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, I shall begin by thanking President Borrell for making it clear to President Putin at Lahti that the European Union will not trade human rights for energy. This significant statement was also made on my behalf, and I feel it was also made in the name of all Polish MEPs, and indeed of all MEPs from the new Member States. President Borrell, along with the President of Poland and the Prime Ministers of Latvia, Denmark and Sweden, defended Europe’s honour. We need to look our Russian partners in the eye when we speak of human rights. We cannot condone double standards, that is to say, we cannot insist on respect for human rights but only in the countries we do not happen to trade with. A united Europe is more than a question of economics and business. It is also a system of values that should be constantly uppermost in our minds, and not just when it suits us. As we conclude necessary and important business deals with Russia, we would do well to keep in mind the words of Lenin, the archetypal Russian politician, who said that ‘the capitalists will sell us the rope with which to hang them’. Yesterday, some Polish journalists asked me if the Lahti Summit would mark a turning point in relations between the Union and Russia. I do not know. It might. To date, individual Member States of the Union have preferred to deal with Moscow over the heads of the others. Mr Schroeder hugged Mr Putin, Mr and Mrs Blair had a lovely time with Mr and Mrs Putin, Mr Berlusconi sang the praises of the Russian leader, and President Chirac became misty-eyed as he spoke of the President of the Russian Federation. Enough is enough. The European Union must unite."@en1

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