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"Madam President, Madam President-in-Office of the Council, Commissioner, I hope you will forgive me if I go over my speaking time by half a minute. Since Mr McMillan-Scott is not here, we could possibly steal half a minute of his time.
First of all, I should like to say that, unfortunately, the objective of the fight against international terrorism has not been achieved with the fall of Kabul nor will it be by a possible fall of Kandahar soon. We must, of course, focus on many other criteria. Of major importance are, naturally, the tracking down of terrorist cells in
Europe, the freezing of financial sources of international terrorism and the whole discussion, also in our society, around the question as to what groups are, in fact, active in our society and how we can call a halt to their activities.
In my view, a large number of conditions must also be created in Afghanistan in order to be able to remove this kind of breeding ground for international terrorism. A multi-ethnic government is logical, but we must also manage to find a special solution for Kabul, of course. Peace must be established with the countries around Afghanistan to ensure that an area of stability and peace is created. The refugees must be able to return home and a massive amount of money must be invested in the reconstruction of Afghanistan. Finally, we must ensure that a government is put in place that respects human rights. That is a total package.
The causes can be found indirectly in the Middle East. Although that is not the case, that argument
being used by Bin Laden. I therefore believe that the Middle East peace process needs an extra boost and I also wonder whether the time has come to do this now. I would direct this question to the President-in-Office of the Council, if she happens to be listening. I would especially ask you whether you, together with the Commission, could not ensure that a UN resolution on a Palestinian state could now be laid down at long last? Has the time not come for pushing for breakthroughs on this score, as we did years ago with Israel? I also wonder whether an evaluation is not needed of the role of Saudi-Arabia in the funding of all possible institutions in western Europe which one would be right to question? The position of Syria has already been mentioned. As our President has already pointed out, I also believe it is useful and necessary to help the young Assad to play the far more positive role which we had all expected of him, but which, through all kinds of circumstances, he was unable to fulfil. As, however, Syria plays a crucial role, a great deal more needs to be done there.
If we as the EU want to play a part, also in the peace process as a whole, we must be careful what action we undertake, for example, in connection with the arms sales or the supply of goods for dual use to Iran. Israel is monitoring the proceedings with great concern, and I believe that these kinds of signals are of the utmost importance.
Finally, nearly everyone has already said it, and I am not about to repeat it, but it is unacceptable for the European Union to continue to send out a disintegrated picture. We must show a united front and act at Community level in terms of external, peace and security policy. If we still fail to get the message, how can we then expect to play a role on the world stage? I therefore make a dramatic appeal, also to the presidency, to make huge strides forward on this score."@en1
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