Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-06-13-Speech-2-014"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-06-13"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Statement by the President2
dcterms:Language	"es"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20000613.3.2-014"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-06-13-Speech-2-0152
lpv:speaker	lp:Josu Ortuondo Larrea2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation for relations with the United States (1999-09-28--2002-01-14)3 substitute; BUDG (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Cyprus Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-10-19--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Partido Nacionalista Vasco (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; G/EFA (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, on behalf of the Basque Nationalist Party – which is the majority party in the Basque Autonomous Region – I wish to express our total condemnation and rejection of the death of Jesús María Pedrosa Urquiza, Municipal Councillor in Durango in Vizcaya, and our condemnation of any act of violence which takes place in the Basque Country or any other part of the world. We have constantly rejected the use of violence in order to achieve political objectives. I must also say that I regret having to take the floor in these circumstances, following this very recent act of violence. Madam President, I am grateful for the fact that – as I said to you in my letter last week – in circumstances such as these, you are diligent enough to defend democratic principles, rejecting acts of terrorism on behalf of Parliament and expressing your support for the Spanish Government in the fight against this terrorism. I reminded you that the Basque Government has spent 20 years working for peace in the Basque Country by democratic means and striving for a better future for all of us. I believe that it is also fair to recognise the contribution, the action and activity of the Basque Government. However, I must also point out that, over and above the terrorist acts and the violence which is and has been carried out in the Basque Country by ETA and also by the apparatus of the State – which we should not forget – there is a political conflict there which existed long before ETA. There is a section of the Basque population which does not feel comfortable, which does not feel at ease with the current legal-political set-up in the Basque Country. I believe that it is a good thing for all political parties with an open and democratic approach to sit down together to hold a dialogue so that we may, once and for all, find a way for all citizens in the Basque Country to feel at ease and to be able to live in peace, which is what we all wish to see."@en1

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