Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2007-03-29-Speech-4-040"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2007-03-29"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Prospects for the EU's Common Foreign Policy in 2007, including the deployment of anti-missile defence systems in Europe by the United States (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"de"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20070329.5.4-040"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2007-03-29-Speech-4-0412
lpv:speaker	lp:Hannes Swoboda2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; ITRE (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 substitute; SEDE (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; AFET (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 vice-chair; Delegation for relations with the countries of south-east Europe (2007-03-14--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Armenia, EU-Azerbaijan and EU-Georgia Parliamentary Cooperation Committees (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council (2007-03-15--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Sozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 vice-chair; PES (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I would like to congratulate our High Representative on his dedication to the Middle East; Mr Solana, your task in that area is an absolutely vital one, and I wish you much success in it. It is of course the case that Members of this House such as ourselves can think rather more flexibly and more freely, and so I would like to take up what was said by Mrs De Keyser. We represent democracy. The choice is between democracy or part of it. That is why what we did following the elections in Palestine – which we had called for – has to be considered in a very critical light. I absolutely agree with those who say that we have to demand of the Palestinian Government that they commit themselves to the peace process and be willing to renounce terrorism. We now stand a chance of getting just that sort of government. We are not demanding of Israel that it should permanently abandon all attempts at settlement; Israel, too, does not really recognise the 1967 border as the frontier between two states that recognise one another. It is because Israel does not do that – despite our demands that it should – that we must adopt a fair and even-handed approach, demanding from each side a contribution to peace and supporting both sides as they attempt to make it. That is why the European Union must make it quite plain that it is in this direction that it is going. No matter how disagreeable we may find some of its representatives – and I have to say that I am not exactly a fan of the Israelis’ Mr Liebermann – this government affords us an opportunity that we must not let slip from our grasp, so it is not least in the interests of Europe that we have to seize this opportunity for peacemaking, however much we may dislike certain individuals. Secondly, since I am on the subject of democracy, we all have serious difficulties with having to work together, in the interests of peace, with countries that are not organised on a democratic basis. Saudi Arabia is one that has been mentioned today, and I hope that it manages to make a considerable contribution towards peace. I would say the same about Egypt. We must not, however, take this as a reason for abandoning our campaign for democracy; we must, for example, make it quite plain to Egypt that we find it unacceptable that – as has happened over recent days – the constitution should be amended by means of a so-called referendum called at only a few days’ notice, and with, in any case, a turnout of only 30%. We have to speak up for both peace and democracy in the Middle East; we have to hold the two together. That is Europe’s task."@en1

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