Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2009-12-15-Speech-2-186"

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dcterms:Date	"2009-12-15"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Conclusions of the Foreign Affairs Council on the Middle East peace process, including the situation in eastern Jerusalem (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20091215.14.2-186"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2009-12-15-Speech-2-1872
lpv:speaker	lp:Bas Belder2
lpv:spokenAs	chair; Delegation for relations with Israel (2009-09-17--2014-06-30)3 substitute; DROI (2009-07-16--2010-01-17)3 substitute; BUDG (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 substitute; INTA (2009-07-16--2011-06-16)3 member; AFET (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member; Conference of Delegation Chairs (2009-09-17--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation for relations with Iran (2009-09-16--2012-02-14)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the United States (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Staatkundig Gereformeerde Partij (2009-12-07--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 vice-chair; EFD (2009-07-14--2010-02-15)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, has Europe taken leave of its senses? This rhetorical question was put by the United States at the start of December. The subject of this fierce criticism from Congress was the unilateral designation of East Jerusalem as the capital of the envisaged Palestinian State in a draft Council Resolution in circulation. As Chair of the EP Delegation for relations with Israel, I had imagined and hoped for a more constructive start to our transatlantic dialogue. Also, I hasten to add, careful examination of both the draft and the final Council statement left me, like our counterparts in Congress, extremely dismayed. I distance myself emphatically from the proposal to divide Jerusalem, in particular. I consider the Council statement on the Middle East to be a serious diplomatic and political setback for the peace process, and hence am very disappointed in the Foreign Ministers for being led by the Swedish Presidency, of all presidencies, with its strained relations with the Jewish State. I have several fundamental objections to the said Council statement. This is hardly the way to encourage the Palestinian Authority to resume talks with Israel. In addition, the statement goes against the Quartet’s principle, laid down on 9 November 2008, that ‘third parties should not intervene in the bilateral negotiations’. The official reaction of the United States to the Council statement of 8 December underlined this principle once more. Is there nothing for it, then, but to resign ourselves to the impasse in the peace process? Absolutely not! Following recent delegation visits to Israel, I firmly believe that a gradual, solid process of rapprochement between the State of Israel and the Palestinian Authority is both necessary and possible. Gradually transferring administration on the West Bank, for example in Area C, and strengthening economic cooperation, whilst strengthening and establishing reliable Palestinian institutions, will really move the peace process forward. I call on the Council and the Commission, therefore, to stop making counterproductive declarations on the peace process and instead to invest in specific projects involving cooperation between the Israelis and Palestinians. This is an established European formula, is it not?"@en1
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