Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-11-17-Speech-3-023"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2004-11-17"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:European Council of 4 and 5 November 20042
dcterms:Language	"pt"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20041117.3.3-023"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-11-17-Speech-3-0242
lpv:speaker	lp:Miguel Portas2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 member; CULT (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 unknown; Bloco de Esquerda (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 member; EUL/NGL (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; AFET (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I wish to comment on the Council’s decisions on Iraq. I believe that the package adopted is expensive and pointless, and Fallujah is its failure foretold. Fallujah is not only a further human tragedy – with 1 500 more deaths, thousands more people wounded, tens of thousands more people made homeless – it is also the graveyard of the January elections. Because of Fallujah, neither the Sunnis nor the Shiites, who oppose the occupation, will go to the polls. Nothing is guaranteed in the January elections. There is no guarantee that voters will be able to register, nor that opposition parties will take part, nor that the candidates or the voters will be able to move freely and safely. Iraq’s electoral platform must not be US or British tanks. This is not the way to rebuild hope or restore confidence. Elections must be Europe’s priority in Palestine, however. Arafat’s death points up the urgent need for a new leader who is the indisputable embodiment of the will of its people. Europe must therefore be on hand to monitor the entire electoral process, so that no doubt is cast upon its transparency. That is not all, however. Europe must tell Israel that what is required is a return to political dialogue and a respite from hostilities – no suicide bombs, on the one side, no collective punishment or selective executions, on the other. Signals must be sent out that voter registration can take place in Jerusalem and that restrictions in the Occupied Territories will be lifted, so that mobility can be guaranteed during the campaign and, most importantly, that Marwan Barghouti can be freed. Contrary to what George W. Bush thinks, the road to Baghdad passes through Jerusalem. This should constitute the European difference."@en1

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