Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-03-26-Speech-3-067"
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"Mr President, of course a democratic process is needed in Iraq, but war is never a solution. It is unfair, because it kills innocent people, and, as the Arab proverb says, a killer is never a benefactor. Despite that massive rejection of this war by public opinion, the Council remains silent, whereas we ought to have condemned it.
It is simplistic to believe that the objective of the United States is to control energy resources. We must recognise that Bush has succeeded in bringing off a double
. He has made people forget not only that his country is going through a social and economic crisis, but also that every day the Israeli army of occupation murders dozens of Palestinians. Israel continues to violate international law with complete impunity. The Americanisation of the world, and the re-drawing of the geopolitical map of the Middle East – are not these the real objectives?
The European Union must play a vital role in rebuilding peace. It must help to create conditions in which the rights of nations can be respected and the territorial integrity and sovereignty of States can be guaranteed. In order to do this, however, it urgently needs to provide itself with a common foreign and defence policy. The future of Europe depends on it. Do we want to have a Europe of soldiers in the service of an American empire, or a Europe of independent citizens who respect fundamental rights? At the next meeting of the UN Security Council, Member States must take a wide-ranging initiative in order to impose the force of law as against the law of force."@en1
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