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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"1999-07-21"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Programme of the Finnish Presidency2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.19990721.6.3-089"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:1999-07-21-Speech-3-0902
lpv:speaker	lp:Daniel Cohn-bendit2
lpv:spokenAs	member; G/EFA (1999-07-20--2002-01-07)3 unknown; Les Verts-Europe-Ecologie (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"(FR) Mr President, I have lost count of the number of times we have discussed the problem of Balkan reconstruction in this Parliament. We have spoken about Bosnia and have endlessly discussed the same problems of decentralisation. I believe that the Balkans will not be reconstructed unless the European spirit of co-responsibility becomes the dominant spirit of politics there. I think that the European Union can offer the spirit of European construction to the reconstruction of the Balkans and that will be the determining factor. Nothing we say about Thessaloniki, Pristina or Sarajevo will have the same meaning, because today – and this is where the danger lies – in the method of reconstruction with the UN on one side, the European Union on another and the OSCE on yet another, we are creating institutions of dependence where the reconstruction of the Balkans depends on our will but the self-determination of the Balkan peoples in terms of managing themselves is not achieved. The danger is that we plan and construct on behalf of others, but do not create the conditions necessary for the peoples and countries of the Balkans to take control of their own destiny. It is for this reason that here, in this Parliament, we have already proposed, for example, a foundation for democracy which, starting with the Bosnian problems, should be extended to the whole of the Balkans. This foundation would finance all the initiatives and contribute to the reconstruction of democratic structures in the Balkans, because, at the end of the day, the capacity for self-determination depends on the society"s capacity to organise itself democratically. This is where the great problem lies in those countries with authoritarian structures where democracy is not readily available. Not until democracy is readily available will the reconstruction of the Balkans be possible. (Applause )"@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Cohn-Bendit (Greens/ALE)"1

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