Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-03-12-Speech-3-029"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-03-12"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Iraq2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030312.1.3-029"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-03-12-Speech-3-0302
lpv:speaker	lp:Nelly Maes2
lpv:spokenAs	vice-chair; G/EFA (2002-01-08--2004-07-19)3 unknown; België Spirit (2002-01-08--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Slovak Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)3 member; Members from the European Parliament to the Joint Parliamentary Assembly of the Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Union (ACP-EU) (2002-02-06--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Development and Cooperation (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, Mr President-in-Office of the Council, over the last ten years, since the Gulf War, the United States has been developing a ‘mother of all bombs’. Europe in that time has been putting patience and diplomacy to use in an attempt to enlarge the Union. That is a symbolic and clear difference. If Parliament and the Commission were to accept ultimate responsibility, the EU could act with authority for the benefit of world peace and an international legal order. That is unfortunately not the case. It is not only the values of democracy and human rights that unite the EU, but also the will to guarantee peace and to establish an international order through cooperation. Has the war against Iraq already started, or not? Or has the war against Iraq never really stopped since the first Gulf War and the struggle for hegemony in the Middle East simply entered a new phase? History will be the judge. Following the military defeat of Saddam by the international coalition the regime remained in place, but it was kept in check by a merciless embargo that left the population starving, but the power of the regime over them intact. The weapons inspectors of the first four years were not effective in disarming Iraq, but acted as an intelligence service for those states that sent and paid their experts and spies. The United States and Great Britain were subsequently able to bomb in Iraq with greater success. The new weapons inspections under the direction of Hans Blix and the United Nations, and accompanied by military threats, have however been successful. We must therefore pursue this path and we must unite the European countries around this position. Thank you."@en1

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