Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-11-20-Speech-4-155"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-11-20"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Sri Lanka2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20031120.7.4-155"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-11-20-Speech-4-1562
lpv:speaker	lp:Erik Meijer2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3,3 unknown; Socialistische Partij (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3,3 member_of_the_bureau; EUL/NGL (1999-10-13--2004-07-19)3,3 member; Delegation to the EU-Slovak Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)3,3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Czech Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)3,3 substitute; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3,3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Sri Lanka has three population groups of differing origins. In addition to the Sinhalese majority, Tamils – who are related to the inhabitants of southern India – predominate in the north-east, whilst descendents of Europeans from colonial times live in and around the capital, Colombo. Following independence, left and right within the ethnic majority have been fiercely opposed to each other. The two parties have alternated in government, and have lost face politically to a great extent in the meanwhile. They have been outbidding each other in their aversion to minorities. Sinhalese votes can be won by saying that the Tamils must move to India and that European cultural influences must be eliminated. It is only after a long, hopeless war of secession that a government has emerged ready to talk seriously with the Tamil resistance movement, which wants its own State. Norwegian assistance has played an indispensable part in this. It is the quest for self-glorification of the President, who belongs to a party whose origins I find more pleasant in themselves than those of the ruling party, that is now threatening to ruin everything again. Europe must give a clear signal that a lasting peace agreement is inescapable, and that resumption of the devastating war is unacceptable. Without a lasting solution for the north-east, the country will suffer disruption and people will be uprooted. Any illusions the ethnic majority, or the President, may have that things can continue without a solution to this problem will only lead to a repeat of the disasters of recent decades. For that reason, the outside world should make it as clear as possible that this is an unacceptable situation and that a peaceful solution really is needed."@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"(Applause)"1

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