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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2004-04-21"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Human rights in 2003 and EU policy2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20040421.12.3-314"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-04-21-Speech-3-3152
lpv:speaker	lp:Jean-Thomas Nordmann2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-12-18--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Union pour la démocratie française - Parti radical (2002-07-03--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Bulgaria Joint Parliamentary Committee (2003-01-13--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (2003-01-13--2004-07-19)3 member_of_the_bureau; ELDR (2003-03-06--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I think that Mrs De Keyser’s report is very uneven. There are some chapters which are interesting and which open up new prospects, in particular regarding reproductive health and the rights of disabled persons. However, with regard to the central issue, to which Mrs De Keyser had wanted, in a way, to give preference, I think that she has dealt with it rather poorly. I am talking about the issue of the relationship between human rights and the war on terrorism and, to be more specific, the challenge which the war on terrorism poses to democracy. In the twentieth century, democracies were faced with the challenge of war. Could we go to war and still remain democracies? It was necessary to find solutions that struck a balance between the ideal and the constraints of reality. Now we have to demonstrate our creative abilities again in trying to strike a balance on current issues. We cannot place the rights of terrorists and the rights of the victims of terrorism on an equal footing. We cannot allow the war on terrorism to take second place to the war on those who are combating terrorism. Yet this, particularly with regard to the Middle East, is the unpleasant feeling produced by Mrs De Keyser, in seeking to put everything on an equal footing, whereas what we have to do is to invent a right of legitimate democratic defence against terrorism. This is the central issue, and unfortunately she has failed to address it, a fact which I find regrettable."@en1

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