Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-11-06-Speech-3-178"

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dcterms:Date	"2002-11-06"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Stabilisation and Association process for South East Europe2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20021106.13.3-178"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-11-06-Speech-3-1792
lpv:speaker	lp:Bas Belder2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation to the EU-Romania Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; EDD (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; AFCO (2002-09-25--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Member States of ASEAN, south-east Asia and the Republic of Korea (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 unknown; ChristenUnie - Staatkundig Gereformeerde Parti (2002-03-18--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; Delegation for relations with the United States (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I find myself particularly irritated by the sections about Kosovo in Mr Lagendijk’s substantial report. For instance, Paragraph 4 rightly calls for attention from the Council and the Commission for the political future of ancient Kosovo Polje. In this connection, the negative contribution from Belgrade is disappointing. According to Michael Steiner, UN representative for Kosovo, this city is like a hot potato which the Serbian leaders pass quickly on. I would be pleased to learn from the Council and the Commission of their experiences and of the efforts they have made. Meanwhile, the local elections of 26 October in Kosovo offered little encouragement as regards the Serbian contribution. A heavy price was paid for Belgrade's conflicting appeals for very limited participation on the one hand or, on the other, for everyone to turn up and vote. In fact, the boycott of the elections by the Serbian population of North Mitrovica meant a complete rejection of the very generous seven point plan proposed by UNMIK chief Steiner – a proposal that, however, actually wants to go a long way towards meeting the interests of the Serbian minority in a predominantly Albanian Kosovo. In the light of this, I find myself struggling with the highly idealistic composition of the rapporteur’s amendment to Paragraph 40. Very sensibly, the original text of this paragraph urges a rapid end to the actual situation whereby the town of Mitrovica does not fall under the authority of UNMIK and the interim government of Kosovo. In concrete terms, that means the disappearance of parallel Serbian security and administrative structures, financed with Serbian money. And that is totally along the lines, and in the spirit, of Steiner’s seven-point plan. In short, with a brief, factual addition – which referred to the seven-point plan – the rapporteur would have lent the paragraph more power of expression, for clarity and decisiveness on the part of the international community is for the benefit of all Kosovan inhabitants for the sake of their collective future. How do the Council and the Commission feel that they can, within the framework of the Stabilisation and Association Process for South East Europe, lend support to Steiner’s noble efforts to make Mitrovica into ‘a normal European town’?"@en1

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