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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"1999-11-18"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Human Rights2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.19991118.11.4-220"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:1999-11-18-Speech-4-2212
lpv:speaker	lp:Olivier Dupuis2
lpv:spokenAs	member; PETI (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia and the South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3 member; AFCO (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 substitute; EMPL (1999-09-16--2000-01-17)3 member; Delegations to the parliamentary cooperation committees for relations with Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Lista Emma Bonino (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; TGI (1999-07-20--2001-10-02)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I am in complete agreement with Mrs Díez González on the need to seek to convince the Council to introduce a clause on capital punishment and the abolition of capital punishment into agreements with third countries. But, no doubt, it would also be necessary to seek to convince the members of the Socialist Group that they should be firm on this point. This has not been the case to date, and I therefore wish Mrs Díez González good luck. Having said that, I think that the heart of the matter was raised by Mrs Frassoni and Mr Salafranca. What we are talking about here is not the issue of capital punishment. This House has shown on many occasions that it was convinced of the need to establish a universal moratorium. What we are talking about here is foreign policy and, more exactly, once again, the matter of the European Union’s lack of foreign policy. I would go further than Mrs Frassoni. There is no ambiguity. On Monday, the Council decided to withdraw the motion it had proposed on the pretext that it reiterated a fundamental article of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. On Tuesday, it voted in the texts with the same reference to the fundamental articles of this declaration. The problem clearly, therefore, lies in the lack of political will, and we can imagine the reasons for this: pressure from some major countries, such as the People’s Republic of China, the United States and Japan, who succeeded in ensuring that this policy, upon which the Union had already decided, was literally betrayed at the last moment. The central problem before us, then, as a Parliament, is the problem of a necessary joint European policy on security and foreign affairs. One of the first things to ask for is that this dossier is handed over to Mr Solana. It is no longer possible for this dossier to be placed in the hands of presidencies which, as we know, change over every six months; we need a permanent spokesman who can, on his own authority, organise the work of the various Member State delegations in New York so that, next year, we have a position which is consistent from beginning to end, thus avoiding this truly tragic situation, one that has made things difficult for a number of third countries friendly to the European Union, starting with Mexico, which had made a very firm commitment to defending our perfectly acceptable compromise position. We must therefore amend today’s motion for a resolution in order to firmly condemn the Council and ask it, as firmly, to entrust this dossier to Mr Solana, and to him alone."@en1

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