Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-05-14-Speech-2-196"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-05-14"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:EU/Russia Summit – 28 May 20022
dcterms:Language	"sv"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020514.10.2-196"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-05-14-Speech-2-1972
lpv:speaker	lp:Astrid Thors2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Svenska folkpartiet (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; PETI (2002-01-23--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Delegation to the European Economic Area Joint Parliamentary Committee (EEA) (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Latvia Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)3 member_of_the_bureau; ELDR (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I have tried to listen carefully to the Council and the Commission and have to say that the Commission has, as usual, been more honest in describing where our partnership stands today and in pointing out that it is a question of both give and take, for I think that the results are notable by their absence. Further shadow boxing and fine-sounding speeches are more in evidence than actual results. I also believe that there is an alarming risk that, to some extent, relations between the United States, Russia and the EU will come to resemble those we are seeing in the Middle East. Are we in the EU the only people to be concerned about human rights, freedom of expression, media pluralism, the environment and, perhaps too, the position of the organisations representing citizens? What is actually happening in Kaliningrad? What is in fact happening in the energy dialogue? We are waiting for results. What is happening with the environmental partnership in the northern dimension? In the context of quite a few summits, the EU has said that something must happen. The EU has made decisions to enable it to finance important environmental projects in north-western Russia, but the Russian Federation is not playing its part. Are we to promise WTO and NATO membership or should we perhaps demand results from the Russian side as preconditions for such membership? The Presidency and the Commission touched upon the issue of responsibility for nuclear waste, and specifically the MNEPR Agreement. How many times are we to see the Presidency, for example the Swedish Presidency, seeking results? The issue is postponed, first for six months and then year after year, while all the time we know that the clock is ticking for untreated waste and that the submarines in Murmansk may begin to leak. We also know that, in my country, we have major problems with land transport to Russia where agreed deadlines are not complied with and additional costs are incurred. I would also appeal to you to address difficult issues in the negotiations with Russia. I would say, finally, to the Presidency that other summits and other heads of government have not hesitated to address the situation of kidnapped children. This issue must also be addressed in a serious dialogue. I myself am aware of quite a few children, for example Maria Sobeva and Tommi Ylönen, who have been kidnapped and taken to Russia."@en1

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