Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-01-16-Speech-4-066"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-01-16"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Vote2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030116.3.4-066"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-01-16-Speech-4-0672
lpv:speaker	lp:François Zimeray2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation for relations with Israel (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Parti socialiste (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; PES (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"We have just voted in favour of an association agreement with Lebanon. Less than a year ago, this Parliament asked for an association agreement between Europe and Israel to be broken. What are the principles according to which what was valid yesterday in the case of Israel is apparently not valid today in the case of Lebanon? I think it should be borne in mind that this country is not a democracy, that it is not a country governed by the rule of law, that the fundamental rights and principles we hold so dear are trampled underfoot there every day, that Lebanon continues to harbour terrorist organisations, in particular Hezbollah, and that it is occupied and ‘annexed’ by another country, Syria. Yet, there we go, reaching out to Lebanon. I believe that a balanced European policy would, of course, be a policy which was open to the countries of the Middle East, indeed to all the countries in the region, but which should obviously begin by maintaining that association agreement with Israel which is visibly threatened every day by a variety of initiatives, in particular by those initiatives to impose a scientific boycott which are shameful and must be condemned. I believe that a sound European policy is one which is open to Lebanon, certainly, but that, at the end of the day, Europe’s place is beside Israel."@en1

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