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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-04-04"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Outcome of the European Council of 23/24 March 2001 in Stockholm including the situation in the Middle East2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20010404.2.3-038"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-04-04-Speech-3-0392
lpv:speaker	lp:W.G. van Velzen2
lpv:spokenAs	vice-chair; EPP-ED (1999-09-30--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Poland Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-10-06--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Christen Democratisch Appèl (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Slovak Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-10-08--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (1999-09-01--2002-01-14)3 member; Temporary committee on the Echelon interception system (2000-07-06--2001-09-05)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Mr President-in-Office of the Council, Mr President of the Commission, I would first of all like to congratulate the President of the Council on the results of the Stockholm Summit. Needless to say, we want more, but sound results have been achieved. Despite this, I would like to underline a number of the warnings which Mr Prodi flagged. The summit is increasingly running the risk of degenerating into a media spectacle. We have had Mr Putin, the next time we will get President Bush and, as a result, the other topics will, of course, be pushed into the background. I should like to ask the President of the Council the following. Yesterday, we received a visit from Mr Sakharov’s widow in the group. Mrs Sakharov made the following statement: ‘Look, in Russia, the situation at the moment is such that there are most certainly democratic institutions and there is freedom of press, but they are no longer functioning properly.’ I wanted to ask you if these kinds of concerns which are around in the European Union also came up in the meeting with Mr Putin. My second question concerns the following. We are all grateful for the fact that Milosevic is behind bars. Needless to say, this is not about whether or not the Bush diplomacy has scored a victory. This is about whether the European Union can help the former Yugoslavia, namely Serbia and Montenegro, in the fight against poverty, with the economic reforms which need to take place and with offering the people a future. Could the Council not take an initiative in this respect, also to demonstrate to the people that it is indeed worthwhile having Milosevic behind bars? Finally, I hope that the summit in Gothenburg will not be overshadowed by the presence of President Bush, but will instead focus on enlargement. This is supposedly the last summit of the year on enlargement. Let us remove the obstacles."@en1

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