Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-03-15-Speech-3-220"

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dcterms:Date	"2006-03-15"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Results of the informal Council of foreign ministers (10-11 March 2006) (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"sv"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060315.20.3-220"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-03-15-Speech-3-2212
lpv:speaker	lp:Cecilia Malmström2
lpv:spokenAs	member_of_the_bureau; ALDE (2004-07-20--2006-10-05)3 member; AFET (2004-07-21--2006-10-05)3 substitute; Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2006-10-05)3 substitute; DROI (2004-07-30--2006-10-05)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Belarus (2004-09-15--2006-10-05)3 member; SEDE (2004-07-21--2006-10-05)3 unknown; Folkpartiet liberalerna (2004-07-20--2006-10-05)3 substitute; IMCO (2004-07-22--2006-10-05)3 vice-chair; Delegation to the EU-Croatia Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-20--2006-10-05)3 member; Temporary Committee on the alleged use of European countries by the CIA for the transport and illegal detention of prisoners (2006-01-19--2006-10-05)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, Madam President-in-Office of the Council, it is excellent that you are giving the Balkans a high profile. We do all have an interest in the region being stabilised and democratised, and the EU really has an opportunity to play an important role. I wish you both good luck in the task of raising the ambitions of your colleagues in the other Member States to the same high level. Be assured that the Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe is with you on this. The various initiatives for getting the countries to cooperate with each other and with ourselves are excellent. It is also good that, in the end, the decision has been taken to use CEFTA, which already exists and is already up and running, as a basis for doing this instead of creating something new, as there was talk of doing previously. I think that this was an extremely wise decision. At the same time, we are also talking about different countries with different traditions, different histories and different degrees of development. It is therefore important that we keep sending out the message that all these countries are welcome to apply for membership of the European Community if they wish to do so and that, in that case, they will be treated on their own merits. There is at present a concern in certain quarters that we wish to lump the countries together again and that they will be treated as a unit. I believe that that anxiety is exaggerated, but it is very important to be extremely clear on the point that has been made, namely that each country is to be treated on its own merits. With regard to the death of Slobodan Milošević, we are talking here about an odious dictator, responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people and a large part of the tragedy that has taken place. I also regret that the trial could not be brought to a conclusion, and it was, I believe, an obviously quite pathetic man who ended his days. We must still be crystal clear about the need for Radovan Karadzic and Ratko Mladić to be extradited and to be so right now. There is no room for compromise on this."@en1

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