Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-05-16-Speech-3-247"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-05-16"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Question Time (Council)2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20010516.10.3-247"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-05-16-Speech-3-2482
lpv:speaker	lp:Yasmine Boudjenah2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Committee on Development and Cooperation (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 substitute; EMPL (2001-02-14--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Parti communiste français (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; EUL/NGL (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I thank the President-in-Office of the Council, although I should like express my disappointment that we are unable to ensure that the quite important and strict criteria of this code of conduct are respected. Amongst these criteria I would highlight the idea of banning the sale of arms to countries or regions that are involved in conflict. This matter is so serious that now, in the United Kingdom, MPs have obtained the right to vet arms sales from their country to anywhere the world. This move has created quite a stir in that country, even though the decision is not retroactive and British MPs cannot take action on this matter of arms sales to the Western Sahara. I would nevertheless put my question once again: do you not think that there may be ‘sanction’-type measures that the European Union could take when this code of conduct is breached? Furthermore, what concerns me the most is that this affair appears to demonstrate Morocco’s desire to rearm itself. Deplorably, it also demonstrates the support that the country is receiving within Europe. This can only heighten the already tense atmosphere in the region. Although the situation in this 25-year-old conflict is currently deadlocked, largely as a result of Morocco blocking the validation of the electoral lists established by MINURSO (United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara), there is a risk of armed hostilities flaring up overnight. Can I ask the President-in-Office of the Council whether the Swedish Presidency plans to issue a statement on the matter before the end of June? I am thinking back to the German Presidency, which made a specific statement on Western Sahara. Given this background, why does the European Union not officially recognise the Polisario Front as a negotiating partner in this conflict, something that the United Nations did 25 years ago?"@en1

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