Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2016-05-12-Speech-4-127-000"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2016-05-12"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Gambia2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20160512.10.4-127-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2016-05-12-Speech-4-128-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:David Martin2
lpv:spoken text	"Madam President, a number of Gambians live in my constituency, forced out of their country by the appalling regime that exists there. It is not widely realised, but Gambia creates more migrants per capita than any other country in the world, including Syria. That is how desperate the situation is in the country. We do not notice it because Gambia is such a small country, and so in absolute numbers it is small, but relative to the population it is enormous. We have to do more as a European Union. Like other speakers, I welcome the fact that we withdrew GBP 13 million worth of aid in 2014, but we now need an Article 96 consultation and we have to send a clear message to the Gambians that if they do not release the April activists who were arrested for peacefully demonstrating, if they do not stop arbitrary detention, and if the police and the national intelligence agency do not bring to an end their brutality and torture, the European Union would consider cutting all relations with them. We have to send a very, very clear message. This is a brutal regime and it needs a brutal response."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; INTA (2014-07-01--2017-01-18)3 member; Delegation to the Cariforum-EU Parliamentary Committee (2014-07-14--2017-07-05)3 substitute; AFET (2014-07-08--2017-01-18)3 member; DROI (2014-07-01--2017-01-18)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"David Martin,"1 "on behalf of the S&D Group"1
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