Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-04-24-Speech-3-082"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-04-24"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Human rights2
dcterms:Language	"da"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020424.4.3-082"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-04-24-Speech-3-0832
lpv:speaker	lp:Pernille Frahm2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; Delegation to the EU-Poland Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-06--2004-04-30)3 unknown; Socialistisk Folkeparti (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; EUL/NGL (1999-10-13--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, the EU is the civil and economic power that can make a contribution to democracy and human rights, a contribution beyond the scope of weaponry, namely work on crisis prevention. The real fight for democracy and against oppression and terrorism begins, of course, here. Through its association and trade agreements, the EU can conduct an active policy in favour of human rights and democracy. We know that human rights violations have terrible consequences, and when these happen and when terrorism occurs we all too often come out with the question, ‘Who is behind this?’ and all too rarely with the question ‘Why?’. It is not enough to know ‘who’. We must also know ‘why’. We know that behind terrorism lie frustrations, oppression, an absence of democratic opportunities and a lack of human rights, as we see, for example, in the Middle East today and as we see when individual acts of terrorism strike civilians at random in Israel. We have problems with our policy in the EU. Not with producing fine phrases, but with taking action initiated by ourselves. We accept clear breaches of the human rights clauses attached, for example, to the Association Agreement with Israel – clear breaches which have no consequences. We need to put an end to this hypocrisy. Our long debates will lead nowhere if we are unwilling either to put an end to the high-flown speeches or to allow the splendid words to be followed by action. The EU is not powerless. We can in actual fact make a difference. We could have made a difference in such a way that what some of us experienced in Jenin yesterday might not have actually happened. We are not powerless. Let us use the influence and power we have."@en1

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