Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-05-14-Speech-3-040"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-05-14"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Situation in Iraq2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030514.1.3-040"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-05-14-Speech-3-0412
lpv:speaker	lp:Jacques F. Poos2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Parti ouvrier socialiste luxembourgeois (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Quaestors (2002-01-16--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 quaestor; Parliament's Bureau (2002-01-16--2004-07-19)3 quaestor; European Parliament (2002-01-16--2004-07-19)3 member_of_the_bureau; PES (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; AFCO (2002-01-17--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, the highly predictable military victory of the US and UK forces in Iraq has generated among some people a sort of opportunism: let us forget all about past quarrels and let us build a democratic Iraq under the expert leadership of the US. This vision, although legally tenable, is unlikely to get European foreign policy off to a good start again. We will not pick up the pieces and re-establish European unity as a future project by drawing a veil over the causes of the unilateral military operation and the manner in which it was planned and decided. We must first expose the falsehood, which I would call the falsehood of the century, the claim that Iraq possesses weapons of mass destruction that could threaten global security. Not a single prohibited weapon has been found. It becomes clearer every day that the people of the world as well as the United Nations have been fooled by those who have wanted for a long time to find a pretext for war at all costs. We must also condemn a second falsehood, which claims that the United Nations has failed and that, as a result, the reconstruction of Iraq and its oil – which some call the spoils of war – should be a matter for the victors. The United Nations has not failed. It has been brutally swept aside by those who did not succeed in achieving the qualified majority required by the Security Council. Although international law has been violated, there is now a chance to reestablish it. As far as the European Union is concerned, this means reestablishing the United Nations’ responsibility for crisis management in full. I therefore call on the Council and the Commission to reject the United States’ requests and to remain firm in their desire to entrust the UN, and the UN alone, with a central role in post-war Iraq."@en1

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