Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-04-26-Speech-3-145"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-04-26"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:One-minute speeches on matters of political importance2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060426.14.3-145"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-04-26-Speech-3-1462
lpv:speaker	lp:Françoise Castex2
lpv:spokenAs	member; INTA (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; EMPL (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; PES (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Parti socialiste (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; DEVE (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, six months ago, I was a member of the European Union’s observation mission present at the Palestinian elections. Given this EU presence during the elections in Palestine, I regard the Council’s decision to suspend aid to the Palestinian Authority as illogical. We are rejecting the outcome of an electoral process that we supported and praised for the smooth way in which it was carried out. Is this really helping democracy? Suspending aid amounts to punishing the Palestinian population as a whole, that is to say to punishing not only the Islamists of Hamas, but also the civilian population, the children, the women, the pacifists and the democrats who were represented, I would point out, by 12 other lists of candidates during the elections. Suspending aid means dealing a fatal blow to an emerging and fragile State, as the first people to be affected will be the 150 000 Palestinian civil servants who also oversee health care and educational services and who provide a livelihood for more than a quarter of the population. The World Bank has already sounded the alarm bell about the dangers of a humanitarian crisis. International aid does not serve to support this or that party in power but, in accordance with the Oslo agreements, it does ensure the very existence of the Palestinian Authority and of its basic public services. I should like to inform you, in solemn terms, of the anxiety shared by myself and by many Europeans. This decision is counter-productive and will help to strengthen Hamas. It is liable to make the Palestinian population more radical at a time when it needs aid more than it does lessons if it is to keep hoping for a just and long-lasting peace and to believe in democracy."@en1

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