Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-11-14-Speech-1-118"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2005-11-14"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:"Secret detention centres" in Europe2
dcterms:Language	"el"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20051114.15.1-118"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2005-11-14-Speech-1-1192
lpv:speaker	lp:Panagiotis Beglitis2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; DROI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; SEDE (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Panellinio Socialistiko Kinima (2004-07-20--2007-09-25)3 member; AFET (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 vice-chair; Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-22--2007-09-25)3 member; PES (2004-07-20--2007-09-25)3 substitute; INTA (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Israel (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 member; Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2007-09-25)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, some time ago, information led to the discovery of the huge barbarity of torture chambers at the Abu Graib prison in Iraq and at Guantanamo prison in Cuba. Today reports, although not yet confirmed, have nonetheless not been denied by the American authorities. I am worried that, in the name of combating international terrorism, we are on the brink of a new Middle Ages. We are on the brink of a direct threat to democratic culture in Europe and, more importantly, the European governments and European institutions cannot remain impassive. I wish to highlight in particular the direct reaction of the Legal Affairs Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. Unfortunately, we did not see this direct reaction by the Council of Europe on the part of the European Commission. Today, the guarantees and statements made by the competent Commissioner, Mr Frattini, were not in my opinion at all reassuring. What needs to be undertaken by the European Commission and by Mr Barroso, by Mr Frattini and by Mrs Ferrero-Waldner, as the competent Commissioner for transatlantic relations, is an investigation in all directions, in order to ascertain where, by whom, how and when these black places were created. The European Union has a political and moral obligation to cooperate with the American Congress. We already know about the initiatives by Senators John MacKein and John Kerry in this direction. The same initiatives must also be taken by the European Parliament. The promotion of transatlantic relations is inseparably bound up with respect for democratic values and the principles of international law. This is a message which needs to be sent clearly to the American leadership."@en1

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