Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2007-10-23-Speech-2-235"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2007-10-23"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:2008 draft general budget: Section III – 2008 draft general budget: Sections I, II, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII and IX (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"da"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20071023.23.2-235"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2007-10-23-Speech-2-2362
lpv:speaker	lp:Margrete Auken2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Socialistisk Folkeparti (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; DEVE (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Israel (2007-03-14--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council (2007-03-14--2009-07-13)3 substitute; TRAN (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; G/EFA (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; ENVI (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; PETI (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, our group is naturally voting in favour of the amendment proposal to allocate even more money to Palestine. However, we must highlight the fact that both the Council and the Commission should ensure that we do not end up in a situation in which we are throwing money into a bottomless pit. This is the case with much of the aid that is currently being given and contradicts the EU’s principles for aid, where the beneficiary must be made able to develop a sustainable economy. However, this is impossible because Israel is stifling Palestinian society and its economy, and not just in Gaza. The delegation from the Committee on Development witnessed this when it visited the West Bank and Gaza in September. EU money flows endlessly without Israel being held accountable at all. We have been given an account of a dialogue from Washington, in which one of the White House’s Middle East consultants was asked about the EU’s role. He responded: ‘EU? We give orders, Europe pays!’ This is true, too! We keep on paying out, and Israel is simply being allowed to destroy everything that we have built up. The Commission and the Council must now make demands on Israel. The blockade of Gaza must be stopped in order to allow goods and people to move in and out. Gaza is now effectively one large open-air prison. The barriers on the West Bank must also be removed. It is not only our delegation that is saying this; the message from the World Bank and from our own ECHO was equally clear. If there is no hope of improvement or any light at the end of the tunnel, we are abusing EU citizens’ tax payments, and this must stop immediately!"@en1

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