Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-02-23-Speech-3-020"

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lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation to the EU-Bulgaria Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2006-12-31)3 member; IND/DEM (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; REGI (2004-09-15--2007-01-14)3 substitute; AFCO (2004-09-15--2007-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the United States (2004-09-23--2007-03-13)3 vice-chair; Delegation for relations with Israel (2004-09-20--2007-03-13)3 member; AFET (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; INTA (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 unknown; ChristenUnie - Staatkundig Gereformeerde Parti (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	". Mr President, who would say ‘no’ to being master in their own house? Most of the Lebanese would not either, but reality is different. Years of Syrian military presence on their own territory is smarting ever more, and the cowardly assassination of the former Prime Minister, Mr Hariri, is now turning a remorseless spotlight onto this international grief about a lack of Lebanese sovereignty. How could the European Union, given this situation, ever conclude an association agreement with Beirut? And how can the Council and the Commission now present Parliament with a similar agreement with occupier Damascus, as if Resolution 1559 of the UN Security Council which demands Syria to pull out, did not mean anything to Brussels? I drew some strength, though, from the Commissioner’s attention to observing this resolution. In fact, that self-same Resolution 1559 stipulates the disbanding of the Lebanese Shiite terrorist organisation Hezbollah, which, armed to the teeth and trained by its patrons Syria and Iran, operates from the south of the country against Israel. This is nevertheless time for the Council and the Commission to take action in respect of Damascus and Teheran. Such European political decisiveness also promotes the new opportunities for the Israeli-Palestinian settlement. The fact is that recent statements by the present Palestinian leadership leave the European Union no other choice. Those statements are unambiguous. Hezbollah is not interested in Palestinian negotiations with Israel and puts up no less than USD 100 000 for Palestinian suicide attacks. Palestinian circles therefore, do not rule out terror from Hezbollah against its own negotiators. I urge the Council to be resolute and finally place Hezbollah on the European list of terrorist organisations. Only then will the Member States be credible in respect of the United States and, certainly not unimportantly, just as much in respect of the non-Member States across the entire Mediterranean. I thank you."@en1

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