Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2007-11-14-Speech-3-311"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2007-11-14"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Strengthening the European Neighbourhood Policy - Situation in Georgia (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"es"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20071114.33.3-311"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2007-11-14-Speech-3-3122
lpv:speaker	lp:Josep Borrell Fontelles2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; ITRE (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; Conference of Delegation Chairs (2007-02-01--2009-07-13)3 member; Conference of Committee Chairs (2007-02-01--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Partido Socialista Obrero Español (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China (2007-03-15--2009-07-13)3 member; PES (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 chair; DEVE (2007-02-01--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2007-03-15--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, as special envoy of the Spanish Presidency of the OSCE I have had the opportunity to visit one of the most conflict-torn of our neighbourhood areas: the Caucasus; the best thing that could happen with all the ‘frozen’ conflicts is, given what is going on in Georgia, for them to remain ‘frozen’, because we have achieved no clear improvement in any of them; indeed, the events in Georgia, which have been admirably described, demonstrate how difficult the road to full democracy is. Today the Caucasus is the front line of the new cold war, the localised cold war. Upon arrival in Tbilisi, one is greeted by a huge image of President Bush and, upon arrival at the border with Ossetia, by a huge image of President Putin, symbolising the new confrontation which we thought we had overcome. What has happened has happened, but it is now our responsibility to use the neighbourhood policy to help ensure that the elections in January are free and fair. It will be difficult. It is difficult to go within a few months from a state of emergency where demonstrations are violently repressed, where the media are closed down with brute force, to an atmosphere of freedom which enables a free, democratic election to be held; it is difficult to imagine that we can go from a situation in which the Ombudsman is beaten in the city streets by the police to a situation in which people can freely choose their president. But such are the facts of the matter. We, the European Parliament, must be heavily involved and must participate in overseeing the elections with the OSCE through the observers we must send, because the area concerned is the one where most progress towards democracy is at stake in one of the most conflict-torn areas in our neighbourhood."@en1

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