Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-09-05-Speech-4-139"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-09-05"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Human rights in Zimbabwe2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020905.10.4-139"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-09-05-Speech-4-1402
lpv:speaker	lp:Nelly Maes2
lpv:spokenAs	vice-chair; G/EFA (2002-01-08--2004-07-19)3 unknown; België Spirit (2002-01-08--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Slovak Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)3 member; Members from the European Parliament to the Joint Parliamentary Assembly of the Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Union (ACP-EU) (2002-02-06--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Development and Cooperation (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, President Mugabe’s dictatorship is reprehensible. He is running his country into the ground, the fields are bare, the economy is going downhill, the people are suffering shortages, there is hunger; he gags the press, he terrorises the opposition and his motive is to remain in power. Nevertheless, he still finds sympathy in black Africa. After all, Zimbabwe's neighbours do not want to go to war against her. The farm workers working on the white farms often have to live in unacceptable social conditions. The landless poor want to be given the chance to survive. There is therefore a need to redistribute the land, but this must be done according to legal and transparent procedures, without violence and without corruption. The European Union must therefore play its own role. We have too much respect for the people of Zimbabwe. We cannot interfere in the internal affairs of a sovereign country. Our sanctions must affect President Mugabe and his circle, but not the people of Zimbabwe. The people must know that we understand their desire to acquire land and that we want to provide financial support for a legal procedure for acquiring land. We must help Zimbabwe's neighbours to take care of refugees. If we do not do this, we will actually be providing them with an excuse to send the refugees back over the border, where they will once again fall prey to the repression. This is the role that I hope this Parliament will support, and that is why we have submitted the amendments. I understand that some people will not support them, but I really do not want to be seen simply as the white man wagging an admonishing finger at Africa."@en1

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