Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-01-19-Speech-3-120"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-01-19"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Middle East peace process (continuation)2
dcterms:Language	"sv"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20000119.5.3-120"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-01-19-Speech-3-1212
lpv:speaker	lp:Lennart Sacrédeus2
lpv:spokenAs	member; AFCO (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Kristdemokraterna (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; Delegations to the parliamentary cooperation committees and delegations for relations with Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova (1999-10-07--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; EPP-ED (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I would address especially the Portuguese Presidency and welcome Portugal as the new holder of the Presidency of the European Union’s Council of Ministers. I believe that, in the future, there can be a new way forward for Europe’s role in the Middle East. It must be possible for Europe, in the same way as the United States, to be credible, to win respect and to obtain broad popular support among citizens and voters in the Middle East’s only democracy, Israel. We have progressively to win the confidence of Israel’s citizens. We can look at a country outside the EU, for example Norway, which, through its prime minister Kjell Magne Bondevik and its foreign minister Knut Vollebaek, has continued to have good relations with both Israel and the Arab side, and in a way which creates confidence. These good relations are enjoyed not only with Israel’s Government but also with its people. We can also learn from the Netherlands and its water project. I believe that Portugal, as the country holding the Presidency of the EU, has everything to gain by working, on behalf of the EU, on the water supply issues as one of the EU’s absolutely central tasks in the Middle East. Let me conclude by saying the following. Israel is the Middle East’s only democracy. Let us never forget in our fight for democracy, political pluralism and human rights that Israel is a model and that Syria with Hafez el-Assad is one of the region’s very worst dictatorships."@en1

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