Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-02-02-Speech-3-144-000"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2011-02-02"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Situation in the Mediterranean, in particular in Tunisia and Egypt (debate)2
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20110202.15.3-144-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2011-02-02-Speech-3-145-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Andrew Henry William Brons2
lpv:spoken text	"Madam President, we should all applaud the fall or impending fall of repressive regimes, but perhaps only when we know – or are pretty certain about – who or what is likely to replace them. Tunisia, like Iraq and Egypt, was a politically repressive regime even by Middle Eastern standards, but it was also, by Middle Eastern standards, a secular, even socially liberal, one. There is a danger that a socially liberal autocracy might be replaced by a socially repressive autocracy or even a socially repressive democracy. Those who expect a cosy and civilised transfer of power in all or any of these countries might think again. If we should see civil wars, atrocities and the destruction of the economies of these countries, we might give good advice and our populations might send aid, but I hope that we do not regard it as our job to send our troops there to be killed. It is certainly not our job to rescue the populations of these countries and bring them into Europe."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; NA (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member; AFCO (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 substitute; LIBE (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 unknown; British National Party (2009-07-14--2012-10-16)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Croatia Joint Parliamentary Committee (2009-09-16--2013-06-30)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Andrew Henry William Brons (NI ). -"1
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