Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-09-03-Speech-3-149"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-09-03"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Situation in Iraq2
dcterms:Language	"es"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030903.6.3-149"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-09-03-Speech-3-1502
lpv:speaker	lp:José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-neyra2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation for relations with the countries of South America and MERCOSUR (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; EPP-ED (2002-03-08--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Partido Popular (1999-07-20--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, I believe that Commissioner Patten has focused the debate perfectly. We have the choice of either indulging in sterile argument, accusing each other of being irresponsible – which reminds me of the old medieval arguments about how many angels fit on the point of a needle – or of the international community, in general, and the European Union, in particular, mobilising the best of its efforts in order to restore security, stability and democracy in Iraq. And let there be no mistake, the democratisation of Iraq is not the exclusive competence of the United States: it is a responsibility which falls to the international community and as such is a worldwide need. I believe – like Mrs Bonino – that it is essential that we are very careful about what we say. The cowardly terrorist attack which killed the United Nations representative, Mr Vieira de Mello, the Spanish naval captain, Mr Martín Oar, and other people, can in no way be compared to an act of resistance. It is an act of terrorism pure and simple. Since when, Mr President, has radical Islamic terrorism required a pretext for committing its horrendous attacks? I believe that Mr Patten has made a statement loaded with pragmatism and good sense and I, if I had to consider any aspect as urgent – apart from security – would place the emphasis on infrastructures because, being an inert system, it makes accumulated backlogs irrecoverable. Water, electricity and telecommunications services and spare parts are a great challenge for the international community, and I am sure that what the European Union must do is demonstrate at the Madrid meeting the financial commitment which lives up to the ambitions, Mr President, which were expressed to us this morning in this House by Mr Giscard d'Estaing in a style befitting a world leader when he presented us with the draft European Constitution."@en1

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