Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2010-10-20-Speech-3-593"

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dcterms:Date	"2010-10-20"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Instrument for Stability - Financing instrument for development cooperation - Financing instrument for the promotion of democracy and human rights worldwide - Financing instrument for cooperation with industrialised countries - Financing instrument for development cooperation (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"el"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20101020.24.3-593"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2010-10-20-Speech-3-5942
lpv:speaker	lp:Takis Hadjigeorgiou2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation to the EU-Armenia, EU-Azerbaijan and EU-Georgia Parliamentary Cooperation Committees (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Progressive Party of Working People - Left - New Forces (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 substitute; ITRE (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 vice-chair; EUL/NGL (2009-07-14--2012-02-06)3 member; AFET (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I should like to refer briefly to the issue of democracy and funding to support it abroad. We consider that democracy is a human achievement that needs to be safeguarded. Is, however, democracy as we know it the democracy that we want to – and must – export? I am absolutely certain that the first thing we need do is to improve democracy at home. When we have a country in which abstentions exceed 50%, how can we talk of democracy? When millions of people are unemployed, can we talk of democracy? When, instead of being expressed through elected representatives, democracy is mainly expressed through and, at the same time, is controlled by the media, then what can we say? Is this the sort of democracy that we can be proud of and want to export? I believe that there truly are nations that need help in order for their rights to win proper support and acceptance from their governments. Surely, however, this should be done with caution, following lengthy investigation of any potential negative, rather than positive, results? Can anyone say that funding democracy in Afghanistan pushed democracy forward? I think that there is far more we can do to make our democracy an example to be copied, rather than paying people to copy us."@en1
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