Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-04-21-Speech-3-259"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2004-04-21"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Transatlantic relations (continuation)2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20040421.10.3-259"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-04-21-Speech-3-2602
lpv:speaker	lp:Bas Belder2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation to the EU-Romania Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; EDD (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; AFCO (2002-09-25--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 unknown; ChristenUnie - Staatkundig Gereformeerde Parti (2002-03-18--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; Delegation for relations with the United States (2002-02-07--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 distress in Iraq is as acute as ever. That was again brought home to me in a telephone call I received from Baghdad on Monday evening. My Iraqi informer is directly involved – in the Ministry of Education, no less – in the reconstruction of his home country, multifariously ruined Mesopotamia that is Iraq. He was very harsh in his criticism of the United States and the European Union. If the transatlantic partners do not finally join forces emphatically in a military and economic sense for a better future for Iraq, this could well backfire at some point. What does this urgent appeal from Baghdad mean in practical terms? It means that NATO must pacify Mesopotamia, preferably under a UN mandate, and that there must be a generous Marshall plan in order to neutralise the pull of radical groupings. Personally, I should like to warmly back this appeal within the Council and the Commission. That is the only way for the European Union to prove itself a solid partner to the United States. It is the only way for the European institutions to prove that they want to carry political responsibility for a world which appears to be ripe for the assault by the forces of the ultimate evil of terrorists for whom human life does not count, irrespective of whether this involves the life of Iraqi fellow-countrymen, fellow-believers or that of Spaniards. According to the Bible, a divided house will not stand. That applies to the European Union itself."@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"a fortiori"1

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