Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-11-16-Speech-4-156"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-11-16"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Famagusta/Varosha (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20061116.21.4-156"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-11-16-Speech-4-1572
lpv:speaker	lp:Panayiotis Demetriou2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, the Famagusta question is primarily a humanitarian one. That was precisely the basis on which the Famagusta refugee movement presented its petition to the Committee on Petitions. For 32 years now, over 30 000 people have dreamt day and night about going back to their homes. Thirty-two years is too long. The beautiful city of Famagusta is still uninhabited. It is a ghost town. Turkey cynically insists on keeping it as a bargaining tool. Naturally, the question the inhabitants of Famagusta are asking is what the international community is doing, and what the European Union is doing, to help them go back to their homes. The Commissioner has said that everybody is trying. However, the issue is very simple. There is an empty city to be given to its lawful inhabitants. There are other bargaining tools for Turkey to use. Turkey is not being sent the right message on what should be done. The deliberations on Famagusta are the first big step towards a proper solution to the Cyprus problem based on United Nations resolutions and European values. Turkey has to take that step now, in the interests of justice, in the interests of Turkey and in the interests of Greek and Turkish Cypriots, as Mr Libicki has said. The desperate appeal coming from those refugees from Famagusta who are still alive is: ‘Help us to go back home’. Let us help them, Commissioner. Now is the time."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation for relations with the countries of south-east Europe (2004-09-29--2007-03-13)3 member; AFCO (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; Temporary Committee on the alleged use of European countries by the CIA for the transport and illegal detention of prisoners (2006-01-19--2007-02-14)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Armenia, EU-Azerbaijan and EU-Georgia Parliamentary Cooperation Committees (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 member; EPP-ED (2004-07-20--2007-07-22)3 unknown; Dimokratikos Synagermos (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; LIBE (2006-09-07--2007-01-14)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Panayiotis Demetriou,"1 "on behalf of the PPE-DE Group"1

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