Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-02-12-Speech-3-164"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-02-12"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Situation in Iraq2
dcterms:Language	"it"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030212.5.3-164"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-02-12-Speech-3-1652
lpv:speaker	lp:Emma Bonino2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries and the Gulf (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Development and Cooperation (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Lista Emma Bonino (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; NA (2001-10-03--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I believe that there is only one person at this time, shut up in his 13 palaces, who is happy and feels in a stronger position because of what is happening. That person is Saddam Hussein. That person – I do not know whether it is his evil genius or our or your stupidity – has succeeded in very little time in exposing the European crisis, the Nato crisis and what we hope, at least, will not be a United Nations crisis. Ladies and gentlemen, the alternative to war is not, for democrats, the that bloodthirsty, cruel dictatorial regime described by many of you as ‘peace’. The alternative is politics, and it is the role of politics to define what kind of peace, what kind of conditions, what kind of rules. Yet, here, there have been no political proposals, apart from a few banalities, and, whether this self-important House likes it or not, the only political proposal currently on the table is for a free, democratic Iraq governed by a transition government under the auspices of the United Nations, which would mastermind the democratic transition for Iraq and the Iraqi people. You see, you are incapable of doing anything except mumbling ‘peace’. And what does that mean, pray? Peace for whom? For the oppressed Iraqis? You will go out in your millions to demonstrate for peace and Arab public opinion will see you as supporting Saddam Hussein, whether you like it or not. If you had taken ‘A free Iraq’ as your slogan, that would have weakened the conflicting arguments and created such a strong position that even Saddam Hussein would have seen the advantages of going into exile. That did not happen, and just look at the chaos. I hope that, at the European Council, this single proposal, which has now been signed by thousands of people, will be the only point of convergence. I believe it can enable us to regain some of our lost dignity."@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"status quo"1

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