Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-09-16-Speech-4-013"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2004-09-16"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Dutch boat belonging to the 'Women on Waves' association2
dcterms:Language	"pt"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20040916.1.4-013"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-09-16-Speech-4-0142
lpv:speaker	lp:Miguel Portas2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 member; CULT (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 unknown; Bloco de Esquerda (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 member; EUL/NGL (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; AFET (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I feel that we are not debating here whether or not Portuguese law is among the most backward in Europe – it is – given that, in the area of abortion, it is worse than, say, Tunisia. We are not debating why Portuguese women have to go to Spain to have abortions that could be carried out in Portugal, or why those without the means to go to Spain have back-street abortions, which is a matter of concern for Portuguese public health. This is not what we are debating. It is not even because Portuguese women still have to go to court to expose their pain and their intimate details in a humiliating ordeal. No. Nor are we discussing why the Administrative Court of First Instance took the decision that it took in Portugal. No. What we are actually discussing here is whether it is legitimate in Europe – because this is a European issue – for a military corvette to confront three men and three women on the high seas and prevent them from reaching a Portuguese port, when they were on a legal vessel and were providing a medical service that has been duly legalised in another Member State. This is what we are debating. We are debating whether it is possible to create a European project when the Portuguese State, in defence of the vilest and most controversial law in Portugal, is able to, and gives itself the right to, send a military corvette to the high seas against a civil vessel. It is this and nothing else that we are discussing. Mr Graça Moura may, therefore, wish all he likes to abort this debate, but he has no way of doing so. The Commission’s response was an encouraging one, which, while falling short of what was required, ensures that the kind of incident that took place recently will continue to be met with firm opposition by the many people in Europe who believe that the free movement of people and ideas is an integral principle of the European project itself."@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"(Applause)"1

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