Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-06-05-Speech-4-232"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-06-05"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Zimbabwe2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030605.9.4-232"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-06-05-Speech-4-2332
lpv:speaker	lp:Richard A. Balfe2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, on numerous occasions the European Parliament has called for a widening of sanctions against the Mugabe regime and their rigorous enforcement. Yet there has been effectively no response from the Council. At the moment when the whole question of democratic accountability in the EU is under discussion, it is time the Council took more notice of European Parliament resolutions. The Council did renew, but in a weakened form, the sanctions against the regime. The travel ban against Mugabe and senior members of his regime has not been effectively enforced. Indeed, only last month the Trade and Industry Minister attended an EU meeting in the EU capital, Brussels, organised by the ACP, an institution created by the EU. We cannot even manage to enforce a travel ban in respect of our own institutions. In November last year it was left to the European Parliament to enforce the sanctions by denying the Zimbabwean representatives access to the European Parliament. That, of course, led to the postponement of that meeting, but we have to face this down. If African countries are willing to wreck the ACP for the sake of defending Mugabe, let them do it, but let us stop making exceptions all the time with respect to this travel ban. The situation is very much more serious at the moment. There are daily troubles in Zimbabwe, food and fuel are increasingly in short supply, inflation is running at 50% a month, and consumer prices will rise by 300% at least in the next few months. Zimbabweans are starving, 12.6 million are in need of food aid, and the strikes and demonstrations which have been taking place are evidence of the failure of the international community to act effectively against Mugabe. This resolution calls for us to renew our efforts."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; ECON (2002-05-22--2004-07-19)3 quaestor; European Parliament (2002-01-16--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Development and Cooperation (2002-05-30--2004-07-19)3 member; Members from the European Parliament to the Joint Parliamentary Assembly of the Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Union (ACP-EU) (2002-02-06--2004-07-19)3 member_of_the_bureau; EPP-ED (2002-03-08--2004-07-19)3 quaestor; Parliament's Bureau (2002-01-16--2004-07-19)3 member; Quaestors (2002-01-16--2004-07-19)3 member; PETI (2002-04-08--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Conservative and Unionist Party (2002-03-06--2004-07-19)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Balfe (PPE-DE )."1

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