Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2007-02-12-Speech-1-060"
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"The Cuban dictatorship, through the medium of its party newspaper Gramma, accused some new Member States of conspiracy against Havana. True, the accused states, for example the Czech Republic and Poland, have often raised their voices recently on behalf of Cuban democracy. However, their efforts can only be crowned with success if the European Union takes a united stand in defence of the island state’s democratic forces. Even in the midst of its own reforms, the EU has to find a way to lend support to those dissenters, inside as well as outside of Cuba, who are raising their voices ever more loudly.
Indeed, the role of Europe in the world will be defined not only by its economic performance but by its commitment, expressed in actions, to the cause of freedom. Though hundreds are still in prison for political reasons, in my opinion the Fidel Castro brand of socialist dictatorship is already on its last legs. But for this to herald the advent of democracy, the international community, including the European Union, must stand up unambiguously for fundamental freedoms."@en1
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