Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-07-06-Speech-3-299"

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dcterms:Date	"2005-07-06"^^xsd:date2
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20050706.27.3-299"2
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lpv:speaker	lp:Bas Belder2
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 between China and Taiwan could considerably improve the security situation in the Far East, which at present appears anything but secure. The Council and Commission have the urgent task of promoting a more businesslike relationship between Beijing and Taipei. The strong European trading position with both countries not only offers an objective opportunity of doing this, but also means that such action must necessarily be in our own interests. One thing is clear, the Council’s positively premature intention to lift the arms embargo against the People’s Republic has, together with the recent Chinese anti-secession law, enormously increased tension in the region. It is difficult to tell what predominates here: a lack of strategic thinking or the disturbing lack of diplomatic straight talking within Europe, let alone of transatlantic consultation. I hope that the Council, under the British Presidency, will abandon this unsafe approach. If the European Union takes up its strategic responsibility towards the Far East, it will support flexible cross-Straits relations. Time has not stood still in Taiwan either. For years, it has developed its own national identity and has undergone an impressive democratisation process, both of which are at the heart of the Taiwanese conflict today. The Taiwanese are also, and understandably, very much aware of recent developments in Hong Kong. The Council and Commission certainly do not appear to be ignoring Taiwan commercially speaking, but they are, unfortunately, doing so on the diplomatic front. That is why I am happy to endorse paragraph 9 of the draft resolution. I urge you to support Taiwanese observer status in the World Health Organisation and give 23 million free Taiwanese a vote and a face in international fora. That is how the European Union can help establish the desperately needed inter-Chinese dialogue."@en1

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