Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2009-10-22-Speech-4-054"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2009-10-22"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Report of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Conflict in Georgia (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20091022.6.4-054"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2009-10-22-Speech-4-0552
lpv:speaker	lp:Ulrike Lunacek2
lpv:spoken text	"Madam President, I would like to join the previous speakers in warmly congratulating Mrs Tagliavini and her team for the report they were able to deliver. The report made it very clear that both sides were responsible for the escalation to the conflict that finally took place in August 2008. It is clear that Russia had been building up a military presence in South Ossetia, which was Georgian territory. However, it is also clear that those provocations led to an overreaction by Georgia’s President Saakashvili. It is important to have said that both sides were responsible, and we now have to look at how things can develop in the future. That was the very big achievement of this report. I also agree very much with everybody who has said that the territorial integrity of Georgia, and of all countries, has to be respected. International law has to be respected. However, it is also important to look into some of the reasons: the aggressive language, xenophobic language and nationalistic language that were part of the build-up to this conflict. Another thing is to ask what the EU will do now. We have a monitoring mission, which is important, but it has to have access to all parts of Georgia in order to support displaced persons and others. In our discussions now - the member of the Commission has suggested moving to a free trade zone with Georgia, and Parliament will be discussing microfinancial assistance for Georgia - it is clear that the EU also has to consider placing conditions on Georgia, for example, to reduce the amount of its military budget. The defence budget has been building up over recent years in Georgia, which is then short in other areas, such as social issues, civil society and media freedom. The EU has to monitor that very closely. In brief, it is important that the EU supports efforts to tone down the aggressive language, and financial assistance has to come with conditions."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; SEDE (2009-07-16--2011-09-14)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Armenia, EU-Azerbaijan and EU-Georgia Parliamentary Cooperation Committees (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; AFET (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro and Kosovo (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-16--2012-02-12)3 unknown; Die Grünen - Die Grüne Alternative (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 substitute; FEMM (2009-08-28--2012-01-18)3 member; G/EFA (2009-07-14--2013-02-04)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Ulrike Lunacek,"1 "on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group."1
lpv:videoURI	<go to Events_and_structure europarl>2

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