Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-01-19-Speech-4-014"

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lpv:translated text	". Mr President, good news from Iraq sounds, politically speaking, almost preposterous, yet, on the basis of recent, first-hand experience, and certainly in view of what I hear said in this House, I want to contradict that perception. In mid-November last year, I had the privilege of taking part, as a Member of this House, in a major international conference on democratisation in the Middle East, on which Mr McMillan-Scott has just spoken. The event was held in Arbil, the capital of the autonomous region of Kurdistan in Northern Iraq, where experts from Europe had the time, in absolute safety, to join with members of the Kurdish Government and Parliament in discussing, very frankly and openly, the prospects and problems associated with the development of democratic states under the rule of law right across that region. Iraq is thus fortunately much more than simply the rather depressing arena for incessant and appalling terror attacks. It is also in Iraqi Kurdistan that the European Union is being presented with an outstanding opportunity to make a substantial contribution to the urgent task of reconstructing Mesopotamia. I would very much like to hear from the Commissioner whether she shares with me this vision, and, if so, precisely what the Commission is already setting in motion in Northern Iraq, or what it is preparing to do there. At the same time, I can tell this House that our Kurdish counterparts in Iraq are looking to make contact with our Parliament. Will the Middle East become democratic? Let us not leave it at recommendations on paper, but rather give it substance through our own personal and practical political dealings!"@en1

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