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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-01-20"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Human rights2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20000120.9.4-142"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-01-20-Speech-4-1432
lpv:speaker	lp:Olivier Dupuis2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation to the EU-Romania Joint Parliamentary Committee (2000-01-17--2002-01-14)3,3 member; PETI (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3,3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia and the South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3,3 member; AFCO (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3,3 substitute; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3,3 member; Delegations to the parliamentary cooperation committees for relations with Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3,3 unknown; Lista Emma Bonino (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3,3 member; TGI (1999-07-20--2001-10-02)3,3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, I have some good news for you: the movement of disinvestment in China by western companies, including European companies, is increasing and gathering pace. Parliament is therefore no longer alone in opposing the Council and the Commission which, for years, have followed a short-sighted policy in respect of the People’s Republic of China, a policy which, as in the case of the Soviet Union, is based on collusion with a dictatorial regime, a communist regime. So the good news is that we have an ally in European businessmen and manufacturers. We should endeavour to strengthen this alliance in order to get the Council and the Commission to at last take a firm and tough line with regard to the People’s Republic of China. We shall also have to take care to provide an option because, as you know, the communists only understand the language of force. So it is important that they should know that our words will be backed up by action and that our policy will be credible. We have, and I believe we should thank the Portuguese presidency for this, one possible major option that is feasible: we can establish a strategic alliance with the largest and most highly populated democracy in the world. I am speaking of India, and the Portuguese presidency, which announced the first summit to be held between the European Union and India, gives us the opportunity to work specifically to develop this option. I believe that this is the only initiative that could bring the Chinese Communist authorities to understand that we are not speaking in vain and that we are working seriously to ensure that the Chinese communist empire collapses at last and that democracy is at last established in China and in Tibet, in Eastern Turkestan and in Lower Mongolia, which, like Chechnya, are places that are still subjected to savage colonisation."@en1

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