Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-01-31-Speech-3-107"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-01-31"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Situation in the Middle East2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20010131.5.3-107"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-01-31-Speech-3-1082
lpv:speaker	lp:David Sumberg2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, I would like to counsel, if I may, Mr Solana and my very good friend Commissioner Patten to exercise caution in relation to the Middle East at this present time. I say that, not because I am scarcely an enthusiast for a European foreign policy, but because I believe that at this present time in Israel we are in a very difficult situation. We have an election and I must remind the House that the State of Israel is the only democracy that exists in the region and that is something that is worth noting. We have an election for a prime minister which will be crucial in relation to the future of the peace process so we must take care not to be seen as interventionist or interfering. I remind the House, because I gather there is much fear that Mr Sharon may be elected prime minister, that the peace process in the Middle East, from the Israeli point of view, has always advanced under the Israeli right and it was Menachem Begin who started the rapprochement with Egypt. I ask the House and I ask the Commission and the Council to proceed with caution. I ask the European Union to do what it does best. It has an influence over the Palestinians and it should exercise that influence. It should be asking Chairman Arafat, for example, why the Palestinians permit in their textbooks the sort of anti-semitism which I hoped we had long put to one side in this world. We should be asking Chairman Arafat to ensure that the aid that goes to the Palestinians goes to those who really need it. So, in small measures and not in large – because the United States must take the lead in these matters – the European Union can play a role, but it should not exaggerate its importance. The role is with the parties themselves, assisted by the great republic across the Atlantic."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Committee on Development and Cooperation (1999-09-30--2001-02-14)3 member; EPP-ED (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with the United States (1999-10-06--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Conservative and Unionist Party (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; EMPL (2000-02-02--2002-01-14)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Sumberg (PPE-DE )."1

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