Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-10-02-Speech-1-029"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-10-02"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Presidency communication on the situation in the Middle East2
dcterms:Language	"es"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20001002.3.1-029"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-10-02-Speech-1-0302
lpv:speaker	lp:Josu Ortuondo Larrea2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation for relations with the United States (1999-09-28--2002-01-14)3,3 substitute; BUDG (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3,3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Cyprus Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-10-19--2002-01-14)3,3 unknown; Partido Nacionalista Vasco (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3,3 member; G/EFA (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3,3 member; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3,3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, thank you very much for allowing me to speak last, despite having been the first Member to request the floor. First of all, I would like to congratulate you on your statement on the tragic events taking place in Jerusalem. I cannot say the same about your remarks to the Spanish press during your recent visit to Madrid, when you said that nationalism means war. Although that opinion was shared by the late Mr Mitterrand, I believe it to be narrow-minded and intolerant rather than open and democratic. To use the phrase from the dictionary of the Spanish Royal Academy: "a nation is a group of people of the same origin who speak the same language, have a shared tradition, a shared territory and an awareness of the same destiny", and the same dictionary defines nationalism as "the devotion to a nation of the natives of that nation", and there is nothing more natural, more human, and more keenly felt by the citizens than devotion to one’s nation. Madam President, I accept that there is aggravated nationalism, extremist nationalism and violent nationalism. However, we cannot put all forms of nationalism into one pigeonhole. There are more than a hundred historic peoples in Europe who can be classed as nations, and there are millions of people in Europe who are nationalists and are devoted to their nation. Nationalism is also the devotion to and the defence of the nation state. Madam President, I ask you to respect the nationalists in this House, who are moderate, peaceful and democratic. I ask you to respect the historic peoples of Europe and the hundreds of millions of Europeans who consider themselves democratic and peaceful nationalists."@en1

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