Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-02-15-Speech-2-665-000"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2011-02-15"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Situation in Albania (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"el"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20110215.31.2-665-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2011-02-15-Speech-2-667-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Niki Tzavela2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China (2010-09-21--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Israel (2009-09-16--2012-03-13)3 vice-chair; Delegation for relations with the United States (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Popular Orthodox Rally - G. Karatzaferis (2009-07-14--2014-02-24)3 member; ITRE (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member; Special committee on the policy challenges and budgetary resources for a sustainable European Union after 2013 (2010-06-17--2011-06-30)3 vice-chair_member_of_the_bureau; EFD (2010-02-16--2012-01-26)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (2009-09-16--2012-03-13)3 substitute; Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean (2009-09-16--2012-01-30)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries (2009-09-16--2012-03-12)3
lpv:translated text	"The crisis under way in Albania, which is jeopardising geopolitical stability in the Balkans, is causing acute concern and alarm. The political standoff between the government and the opposition is calling Albania’s European prospects into question and President Sali Berisha has no intention of stepping down. Although few parallels can be drawn between Albania and recent developments in North Africa, what they do have in common are poverty, unemployment, a corrupt, clientelist regime and a lack of democracy. Although the crisis in Albania has been temporarily averted, we need to work closely with Albania in order to smooth out the political situation. The Commission should explain how it intends to safeguard the rights of Greeks and other minorities in Albania, through the smooth, democratic operation of the system, and to strengthen Frontex on the Greek-Albanian border, given the danger of an influx of immigrants into Greece due to the political unrest. Also, the Commission should take serious account of the fact that Albanian nationals no longer require a visa to travel to Turkey, which makes it easier to breach the southern borders of Europe from there, starting with Greece as the first port of call, followed by the rest of Europe."@en1

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