Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-01-29-Speech-3-059"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-01-29"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Situation in Iraq2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030129.2.3-059"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-01-29-Speech-3-0602
lpv:speaker	lp:Jacques F. Poos2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Parti ouvrier socialiste luxembourgeois (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Quaestors (2002-01-16--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 quaestor; Parliament's Bureau (2002-01-16--2004-07-19)3 quaestor; European Parliament (2002-01-16--2004-07-19)3 member_of_the_bureau; PES (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; AFCO (2002-01-17--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, the United Nations inspectors in Iraq are doing a good job. If they find undeclared chemical or biological weapons, they have the right to destroy them. If they do not find any, their duty is to pass on this information. While this process is underway and provided that it produces the anticipated result, Iraq does not represent a threat to anyone. In its current situation, it would not even dare to set off a firecracker. There is therefore no reason to instigate a pre-emptive war. In the next few days, the States of the European Union therefore have a pressing duty to prevent unilateral military action in defiance of international law. Resolution 1441 excludes automatic recourse to the use of force. It is a shame, therefore, that the ladies and gentlemen of the PPE-DE should have chosen to be ambiguous on this fundamental point. Have they not read the statement from the Episcopalian conference of German bishops, which says, and I quote: ‘a pre-emptive war is an attack and cannot be considered a just war’? I do not think the bishops have been manipulated by Saddam Hussein. Have our fellow Members in the PPE-DE not understood the churches’ call to try everything to prevent a pre-emptive war which, and I quote: ‘would remove all content from the principle of non-recourse to force laid down by international law and at the end of the day would weaken the whole system of the Community between the States’? The socialists cannot express better than the bishops what they think of the war cries from the Washington hawks. There is still time for the Christian-Democrat Members to recover, tomorrow, at the vote, and I am sure that Mr Morillon, who is a reasonable man, will use all his powers of persuasion."@en1
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