Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-04-10-Speech-3-158"

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dcterms:Date	"2002-04-10"^^xsd:date2
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dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020410.4.3-158"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-04-10-Speech-3-1592
lpv:speaker	lp:Jean-Charles Marchiani2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Rassemblement pour la France (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; UEN (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	". At the risk of upsetting the harmonious unanimity in this Assembly, which, in any case, seems rather artificial to me, I would like to make two comments in relation to this debate. First, I see that, once again, the European Union, in general, and this Parliament, in particular, are getting involved in other countries’ business. As far as I am aware, the Russian Federation is not a member of the European Union. So on what grounds, then, are we interfering in the domestic affairs of this sovereign state? The situation in Chechnya is certainly tragic. However, war is always deplorable, in particular when it is started by seditionaries against the legitimate authority of a state. Whatever upholders of humanitarian interventionism say, the operations carried out by the Russian forces in Chechen territory, and let us not forget that Chechnya is an integral part of the Russian Federation, are conducted by a regular army, under the authority of a democratically-elected president, and therefore concern the simple maintenance of law and order. Unless Parliament wants to stand as a moralising policeman giving lessons to the whole world, it does not have the least authority to judge the behaviour of the Russian forces in Chechnya. I have said this before and I repeat, today this Assembly is meddling in matters that do not concern it."@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"(Explanation of vote cut short pursuant to Rule 137(1) of the Rules of Procedure)"1

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