Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-11-16-Speech-2-028"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2004-11-16"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Arms sales2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20041116.7.2-028"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-11-16-Speech-2-0292
lpv:speaker	lp:Philip Claeys2
lpv:spokenAs	member; AFET (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; NA (2004-07-20--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Vlaams Belang (2004-11-15--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 substitute; CULT (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; SEDE (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, even to consider lifting the arms embargo on China is in fact an outrage that cries out to Heaven. Contrary to what one speaker has just argued, the arms embargo is no anachronism. Maintaining the embargo is, first and foremost, about human rights. It is not about China’s immense population, and the extraordinarily interesting economic potential it offers, inducing us to suddenly throw our principles in human rights matters overboard. If France – to name but one country – gets what it wants and the embargo on China is lifted, the European Union will lose all the credibility it has. This is not just a human rights issue; it is also about the fact that China constitutes a positive threat to Taiwan, which is a democratic country. Over 600 rockets are trained on Taiwan, and it is disgraceful that we are even contemplating supplying new weaponry to a country that is threatening a democracy in such a fashion."@en1

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