Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-10-23-Speech-3-141"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-10-23"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Combating terrorism2
dcterms:Language	"da"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20021023.3.3-141"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-10-23-Speech-3-1422
lpv:speaker	lp:Mogens Camre2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Dansk Folkeparti (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 vice-chair; 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 member; CONT (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, it may be incorrect to say this, but democratisation of the Islamic world is crucial for the security of the Western world. It is not possible to prevent and combat terrorism effectively while so many million people are living in a hopeless state of ignorance, poverty, political and economic stagnation and lack of freedom. Unfortunately, this is the way they will stay until the West intervenes. European leaders, with the exception of Tony Blair and the Danish Government, live in the dishonest belief that the whole problem can still be solved from within if we contribute with diplomatic chatter, by playing ‘wait and see’ and criticising the USA in the hope that the terrorists will not really strike in a European city. No leader in the Arab world has been toppled by a popular uprising in the last 80 years, and nothing will change if we remain passive. Europe has simply come to where we were in 1938, when Chamberlain returned from his meeting with Adolf Hitler in Munich and proclaimed that there would be peace in our time. I can fully understand that the USA may have difficulty in respecting us, as we do not dare back our many fine words up with force. Europe will not become a player by adopting who knows how many resolutions. We will only become one by developing our countries’ militaries to the same level as the USA. The dictatorial regimes in the countries which produce terrorists and pay for terrorism do not enjoy popular support, but the peoples are so oppressed that they are unable to bring about the necessary revolution. If we mean anything by our professions of freedom and democracy, it is our duty to stand together with the USA in the showdown with the whole clutch of dictatorship states which are responsible for breeding terrorism. I would thank Minister Haarder for his clear emphasis on the need to do this."@en1

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