Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2007-06-06-Speech-3-098"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2007-06-06"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Middle East (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20070606.13.3-098"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2007-06-06-Speech-3-0992
lpv:speaker	lp:Proinsias De Rossa2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, sometimes I get very dispirited when listening to the debates in this House on this issue, particularly when I hear Mr Tannock and Mrs Hybášková, who seem intent on laying down conditions in this House for a solution in the Middle East. It is not for us to set preconditions for the Israelis and the Palestinians in terms of how they will address each other in the peace negotiations. The only preconditions necessary for successful peace negotiations are a demonstrable commitment to peace on each side, a mandate to negotiate on each side and the capacity to deliver on the commitments made in the negotiations. All other preconditions which MEPs in this House seek to apply to Israelis and Palestinians are so much hot air. They have no effect and there is no possible likelihood that they will be met in a situation in which the Palestinian Authority, in particular, is at the point of collapse. If that Authority, that Unity Government, collapses, then nothing we say and nothing the European Union does will prevent the appalling bloodbath that will follow, for the Israelis and for the Palestinians. The role of the international community is to ensure that the patrons of each side in this conflict – the Quartet and the Arab States – set aside their immediate short-term interests and put the interests of the Palestinians and the Israelis first. We must seek to ensure that they come to the table and address the outlines that are already there, and which have been for some time, as regards the possibilities and conditions for peace. It is time we stopped talking and started to act in the interests ..."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Labour Party (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; PES (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; SEDE (2007-03-09--2009-07-13)3 vice-chair; Delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council (2007-03-14--2009-07-13)3 member; EMPL (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; Committee of Inquiry into the crisis of the Equitable Life Assurance Society (2006-01-19--2007-06-19)3 member; PETI (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"(The President cut the speaker off)"1 "Proinsias De Rossa (PSE ). –"1

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