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dcterms:Date	"2002-02-05"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Situation in the Middle East (continued)2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020205.8.2-151"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-02-05-Speech-2-1522
lpv:speaker	lp:Geoffrey Van Orden2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, this debate has focused largely on the situation in the Middle East. I am not sure that the largely one-sided tone of this Chamber is at all helpful. I endorse Mr Brok's call for a more balanced approach but as requested I also want to take the opportunity briefly to touch on another area of crisis which is of increasing concern at the moment and where the European Union has the capacity to exert some influence. I am referring to Zimbabwe. Even if electoral observers are allowed in, we must maintain the pressure on Mr Mugabe to deliver free and fair elections. We do not want to be in a position of merely recording that the election was fixed and standing back and wringing our hands afterwards. We want the presence of observers to deter violence and electoral fraud so that the Zimbabwean people can make a genuinely free choice. Many of us continue to be alarmed by reports from inside Zimbabwe about the situation on the ground. I am referring to the fact that five MDC supporters have been killed in the past week, that MDC demonstrations and rallies have been disrupted by the police, that the independent press is restricted, the correspondent, Basildon Peta, was earlier today arrested under the Public Order and Security Act and the Australian journalist Sally Sara has been refused admission. Taken together one might think that these matters already constitute a breach of EU conditions. I have some questions for Mr Solana. What representations are being made to the Government of South Africa to apply greater regional pressure on the Mugabe government? Are the measures for the implementation of smart sanctions now in place? What level of deterioration in the situation will trigger these sanctions? Is the European Union's response being fully coordinated with that of the United States?"@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; EPP-ED (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (2002-01-22--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Conservative and Unionist Party (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Independent"1 "Van Orden (PPE-DE )."1

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