Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-07-06-Speech-3-059"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2005-07-06"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Africa, globalisation and poverty2
dcterms:Language	"it"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20050706.3.3-059"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2005-07-06-Speech-3-0602
lpv:speaker	lp:Emma Bonino2
lpv:spokenAs	member; AFET (2004-07-21--2006-04-27)3 substitute; Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-16--2006-04-27)3 substitute; BUDG (2004-07-22--2006-04-27)3 member; ALDE (2004-07-20--2006-04-27)3 unknown; Lista Emma Bonino (2004-07-20--2006-04-27)3 substitute; DROI (2004-09-13--2006-04-27)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2006-04-27)3 vice-chair; Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries (2004-09-20--2006-04-27)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, it is good news that Africa is once more in the political spotlight. It seems to me, however, that there is still confusion regarding which policy to adopt, and the prescriptions put forward vary considerably and include some bargain basement solutions. We radicals, however, consider it an absolute priority that democracy, civil rights, the rule of law and fixed rules should be the prerequisites to any political approach that we decide to adopt, since no type of trade, whether private, internal or international, can function without rules, laws and the rule of law. The issues of democracy and the rule of law, however, are simply being added to the list of the many things to be done. We, on the other hand, are convinced that these two issues are of the highest priority and I thus believe that we must be a little less hypocritical and admit that public aid can also be linked to progress by these countries along this path. Personally, I do not understand how we can be, in a certain sense, so racist as to think that the Africans are, perhaps, too poor, too illiterate and too black to enjoy the same democratic rights that we enjoy. We are all pushing for democracy in the Arab world, but not in Africa. I believe that if we do not follow this path, we will witness the umpteenth squandering of public resources, with poor or feeble results."@en1

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