Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2007-05-21-Speech-1-031"
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"en.20070521.14.1-031"2
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"Mr President, by, so to speak, disinviting His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Belgium has, for the second time, given way to Chinese pressure in an unacceptable manner. Taking as its pretext a visit by a trade delegation in June led by the Crown Prince, the government has demonstrated its willingness to engage in economic opportunism at the cost of European values. Neither the EU nor its Member States should allow themselves to be deterred from welcoming certain public figures by authorities – such as those in China – that abuse human rights so flagrantly. The people of Tibet are being suppressed, with thousands of them fleeing every year at the greatest risk to themselves. The interference by the Chinese authorities in the affairs of an EU Member State is an outrage and one that is deserving of the utmost condemnation. We should make it clear that we dissociate ourselves from the Belgian action and put on record our support for the initiative by Walloon parliamentarians who are trying to have an invitation extended once more to His Holiness to visit Belgium. We bid the Dalai Lama welcome to Europe!"@en1
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