Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2008-07-09-Speech-3-401"
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"What is currently happening in Zimbabwe is a challenge to our conscience and capacity to act. On one side is a government that uses violence against its own people, that causes misery and that has benefited from the connivance of other African dictatorships and autocracies. On the other side are the forces that are striving peacefully for democracy and human rights: the people of Zimbabwe, the international community and, of course, the European Union.
As has already been said here, the European Union could use its diplomatic power, impose sanctions, refuse visas, pressurise regional powers and support the defenders of democracy and human rights. What can we do in the European Parliament? We can support our resolution tomorrow and recommend that the Commission and the Council take these initiatives, but we can do more. We can also prove that our actions are consistent with our words and offer the Sakharov Prize to the leader of the opposition, Morgan Tsvangirai. We put this challenge to our fellow Members. In this way, we will have the opportunity to reward a struggle and, simultaneously, contribute towards a democratic and peaceful victory."@en1
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