Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2012-09-13-Speech-4-297-000"
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"en.20120913.29.4-297-000"2
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"In my opinion, the authors of the submitted proposal have done some very good work in trying to find a balanced viewpoint. I therefore consider it right that the proposal opens with a call to halt the violence. Despite this, I feel that the text is too abstract. The calls to the Syrian regime are academic, as the EU’s powers do not extend to that unhappy land. They do extend, however, to the Member States. I therefore consider it essential for the resolution to include a call on Member States to put an immediate halt to military hardware, logistics and intelligence support for all parties in the conflict. We must call on all Member State governments to strictly honour and uphold international law when addressing the conflict in Syria, and to seek peace talks between all parties in the conflict. We should learn a lesson from the Libyan tragedy, when innocent people perished under NATO bombing and a population continues to live in chaos on account of NATO and EU support for an unstable regime. Our position should be clear concerning the UN Security Council talks on Syria. It is, above all, necessary to put our own house in order. We cannot look on while certain European statesmen demand, on behalf of the EU, a halt to the violence and respect for human rights by day, and then by night the same statesmen decide, on behalf of NATO, to supply arms to the rebels. Legal nihilism cannot be blurred by any propaganda, at least not in countries where people are dying."@en1
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