Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-03-20-Speech-4-041"

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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	"sv"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030320.2.4-041"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-03-20-Speech-4-0422
lpv:speaker	lp:Per Stenmarck2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Moderata samlingspartiet (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; BUDG (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Estonia Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)3 member_of_the_bureau; EPP-ED (2002-03-08--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Latvia Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-03-07--2004-04-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, in the past few months, the common foreign and security policy has very obviously proved to be devoid of any content. One might think it should be possible for the EU Member States to stand shoulder to shoulder when democracy is challenged by dictatorship. One might think that the EU Member States should be able to unite in choosing between freedom and oppression but, unfortunately, a number of Member States have made it clear that, in foreign policy, they are not in the first place guided by what may be regarded as right and proper. It was very gratifying to see the majority of new Member States siding so powerfully with those values that form the basis of our European cooperation, and correspondingly sad to see long-standing Member States react to those countries’ stance with threats and blackmail. We might ask ourselves what right we have to ask countries that have experienced decades of dictatorship to abandon their democratic ideals. It will take time to heal the wounds inflicted upon European cooperation during the last few weeks and months. Even so, we must work more single-mindedly than before to build an EU that can speak with one voice and act with one agenda in the world. The voice and the agenda must, however, be ones that we can be proud of. There must be one voice that speaks for freedom, democracy and human rights, and not only on our own continent. The first thing we can do is help with the construction of a liberated Iraq, both in economic terms and through practical aid in building the Arab Middle East’s first democracy."@en1

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