Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-07-03-Speech-4-187"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-07-03"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Laos2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030703.12.4-187"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-07-03-Speech-4-1882
lpv:speaker	lp:Olivier Dupuis2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation to the EU-Armenia, EU-Azerbaijan and EU-Georgia Parliamentary Cooperation Committees (2002-03-07--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Romania Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 member; AFCO (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; NA (2001-10-03--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Lista Emma Bonino (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Member States of ASEAN, south-east Asia and the Republic of Korea (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I wish first of all to welcome their Royal Highnesses of Laos, who have taken their seats in the galleries, the Members of the Laotian royal family, the president of the Laotian movement for human rights and the president of the Hmong community in France. I also wish to acknowledge their struggle, because it is as a result of that struggle that we in this Parliament are able to work; as a result of their tireless fight for democracy, for the rule of law, for freedom and also for national reconciliation in their country. I think that everything has been said in this debate and Mrs de Keyser was right to insist on this point: Mrs André-Léonard’s news about the likely release of the Belgian, French and American journalists does not mean that the four Laotians who were accompanying them will be released; they will end up spending 10, 15 or 20 years in the gaols of Vientiane. This business involving the journalists is the umpteenth such occurrence, the umpteenth proof that the situation in Laos is extremely serious, that this regime is totally corrupt, that this regime should be investigated by Interpol and all the international financial bodies, due to the scale of its trafficking, and that the European Union should change its policy vis-à-vis Laos. Every complacent policy simply strengthens the extremist elements in the Laotian regime. We must, by adopting a firm policy, do what we can to encourage those within the regime who wish to work towards a policy of democratisation, towards a policy of reconciliation. This is crucial. We have instruments in place; we give Laos EUR 160 million per year under trade agreements in the textile sector alone. We have dozens of cooperation projects running. We must undertake a very thorough assessment and tell the Laotian regime that, unless they undertake specific and practical reforms in the fields of justice, information, economics and politics, we will end all forms of cooperation."@en1

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