Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-03-12-Speech-3-059"

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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	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030312.1.3-059"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-03-12-Speech-3-0602
lpv:speaker	lp:Véronique De Keyser2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; PES (2001-09-25--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Parti socialiste (2001-09-25--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America and Mexico (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, perhaps we shall succeed in saving Europe, and that would, at least, be something. It is true that, after a year of uncertainty, of contradiction and of conflict, there are positive signs. The disarmament of Iraq is underway. The voice of the people is making itself heard on the streets and it is doing so, as I would remind Mr Titley, along with not only the Pope and the universities, but also with millions of other people. We have seen, in effect, that even with massive propaganda, neither sarcasm, nor threats, nor portfolio policy have succeeded in stopping the protests. Moreover, remarkable and intense diplomatic efforts are being made within the UN, and there is also, thank goodness, the work of the Greek Presidency. The paradox, however, is that war has never been so close, and that, if disarmament is the objective of this war, disarmament is, in fact, taking place. If the objective is democracy in Iraq, there are ways, other than war, of creating it. Let us talk about removing the embargo, the International Criminal Court, the civil society which exists in Iraq and which deserves encouragement, but let us not talk about war. Then again, if the problem is geopolitical and economic, if it is power versus law, then no, no, and no again, and we must oppose it. Tzvetan Todorov, who studied the totalitarian systems of the twentieth century, had an excellent way of describing this. He said that democracy is not immunised against the temptation of the good, which may lead it to the worst, in other words the dropping of humanitarian bombs. Let us not, tomorrow, drop humanitarian bombs on Iraq, on an Iraq which we shall have succeeded in disarming, but not succeeded in protecting."@en1

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