Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-03-20-Speech-4-035"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-03-20"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:War in Iraq2
dcterms:Language	"es"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030320.2.4-035"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-03-20-Speech-4-0362
lpv:speaker	lp:José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-neyra2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation for relations with the countries of South America and MERCOSUR (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; EPP-ED (2002-03-08--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Partido Popular (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, in today’s debate I believe we are faced with a double frustration. Firstly, the frustration that peace has regrettably not been possible. And I would like to say that peace is not the exclusive domain of any political group, of any Member of this Parliament, or of any government. Peace is a universal value which is expressed and lived by an individual according to the ethical conscience of that individual. There is also frustration, Mr President, at the insufficient role played by the European Union in this conflict. But we can confront this fact in two possible ways: by means of a simplistic, fruitless and internecine debate, criticising ourselves for the insufficiencies and irrelevancies of our presence or, as the President-in-Office of the Council said, by drawing conclusions that will prevent us from repeating the same mistakes in the future. And it is clear that, in view of our lack of capacity, Mr President, there is currently no alternative in the field of defence and security to the Euro-Atlantic alliance, whether we like it or not. Furthermore, Mr President, as has been said here this morning, the problem of the Iraqi crisis does not lie in Washington, in London, in Madrid, in Paris or in Berlin: the problem is in Baghdad and is called Saddam Hussein. Mr President, we must mobilise all our resources. We must turn need into a virtue and try to turn the discord of the present into harmony in the future. A future, Mr President, which nobody is going to hand us on a plate, a future which we must fight for and in which we can exert an influence for better or for worse. And in order to make a success of that future we have two alternatives, Mr President: we either realise our greatest dreams of a united Europe, a Europe of unity in diversity which speaks with a single voice, or we will have to learn to live with our worst frustrations."@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"(Applause from the right)"1

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