Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-07-06-Speech-3-435-000"

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dcterms:Date	"2011-07-06"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Situation in the Arab world and North Africa - Situation in Yemen - Situation in Syria (continuation of debate)2
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20110706.23.3-435-000"2
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lpv:speaker	lp:Louis Michel2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation to the Cariforum — EU Parliamentary Committee (2010-06-16--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Mouvement Réformateur (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member_of_the_bureau; ALDE (2009-07-20--2014-06-30)3 member; LIBE (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 substitute; DEVE (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 co-president; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-17--2014-06-30)3 member; Conference of Delegation Chairs (2009-09-17--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Baroness Ashton, Commissioner, the Syrian people no longer trust Bashar al-Assad. This revolution started – as has been widely acknowledged – as in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and Yemen, in the name of dignity, freedom and democracy. Obviously, this has nothing to do with the fundamentalism that was so much talked about and feared. These revolutions are clearly inspired by the notion of a secular state and by the thirst for freedom of a youth that wants to be in control of its own destiny. The pressure that we exert should therefore be effective. At present, it is merely rhetorical. To my mind, it is not effective enough. We need to go beyond virtual posturing. Baroness Ashton, I am aware of the limits of diplomacy; I know that it is difficult to set a common position for the 27, but I also know that you have the ability, if you are so inclined, to propose a slightly more radical measure for instance, that would entail asking the 27 Member States to send back the Syrian diplomats serving in Europe. What is more, this request has been formulated by the Syrian opposition. I believe this could send a strong signal, which, in my opinion, could perhaps be a little more effective. Naturally, I would also like to ask you to pass on this request for an international independent investigation commission and finally – this has been aptly said by Mr Pöttering and by others, especially Mr Brok – I think that you cannot ignore the strong link in terms of opportunity that exists between what is happening in the Muslim and Arab world and what should be happening in the Middle East. I believe that we now have a chance to make progress in resolving the conflict in the Middle East in a decisive way, by putting pressure on both parties. I did not like the heated discussions by the spokespersons of each side. Today, what we need is to try and find a compromise and an agreement."@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"(Applause)"1 "(The speaker agreed to take a blue-card question under Rule 149(8))"1
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