Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-11-16-Speech-4-165"

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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	"el"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20061116.21.4-165"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-11-16-Speech-4-1662
lpv:speaker	lp:Panagiotis Beglitis2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; DROI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; SEDE (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Panellinio Socialistiko Kinima (2004-07-20--2007-09-25)3 member; AFET (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 vice-chair; Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-22--2007-09-25)3 member; PES (2004-07-20--2007-09-25)3 substitute; INTA (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Israel (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 member; Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2007-09-25)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, 32 years after the military invasion and continuing occupation, the photographs emerging from the sealed-off area of Varosha, which is controlled solely by the Turkish army, bear irrefutable witness to the Cyprus tragedy, breaches of international and European law and the collapse of European democratic civilisation. The request by Greek-Cypriot citizens – refugees themselves like their Turkish-Cypriot fellow citizens in their own country – for the chance to return to their homes and properties, is a basic request for respect for humanitarian principles. At the same time, it is a vital initiative to build a climate of trust, security and reconciliation between the two communities, an initiative which surpasses the harsh reality of the partition and will help efforts to achieve joint development and coexistence and close the psychological gap between the two sides. If the European Union works consistently and decisively in the direction of confidence-building measures – and it can, Commissioner – then the necessary preconditions can be created for the resumption of an honest dialogue with the objective of a viable and operational solution to the Cyprus problem. The solution cannot be a matter for leaders and their political will alone. It is closely linked to the community and the citizens and with the feeling of justice which must be consolidated. In the history of Cyprus there have been many lost opportunities at political level. We must not waste opportunities at social level for the peaceful reunification of the island for the benefit of all its citizens, both Greek-Cypriot and Turkish-Cypriot."@en1

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