Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2012-03-14-Speech-3-439-000"

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dcterms:Date	"2012-03-14"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Outcome of the presidential elections in Russia (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"bg"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20120314.25.3-439-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2012-03-14-Speech-3-440-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Nadezhda Neynsky2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Blue Coalition (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; EPP (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation for relations with the NATO Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 substitute; AFET (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 substitute; SEDE (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; BUDG (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, a generation ago, the principled position of the Western world in defending democracy, freedom and human rights contributed to the end of the Soviet Union and the fall of the Berlin Wall. Two decades on, the challenge facing Europe is to prove that freedom and democracy are still of the highest value and that there is no political situation pushing them into the background. It is the duty of Europe’s leaders to prove this, first of all, to their own electorate, some of whom are recently starting to wonder both secretly and openly whether the era of division lines did not provide them with greater peace of mind. It is the duty of Europe’s leaders to prove this to the reformers of the Arab Spring who have embraced the ideas for change, having believed in the democratic ideals, and not on the basis of a geographical or historical affinity for Europe. They owe it also, now more than ever, to the thousands of democratically minded citizens in Russia who have come out in protest against the gross, large-scale human rights violations, the rigged elections and the acts of repression against the independent media. Their demands are mostly for uncompromising anti-corruption laws. I firmly believe that what will turn Europe into an actual player in the democratic process in Russia is not the comfortable stance of a distant observer restricted to glib phrases and loads of non-binding recommendations. As Russia’s biggest trade partner, and especially as a major attraction for its assets, Europe has sufficient mechanisms available to guarantee both compliance with fundamental democratic rights and an effective battle against corruption, principles which it should place at the heart of its cooperation with Russia."@en1
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