Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-06-13-Speech-2-187"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-06-13"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Human rights in Tunisia (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060613.25.2-187"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-06-13-Speech-2-1882
lpv:speaker	lp:Paul Marie Coûteaux2
lpv:spokenAs	member; AFET (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member_of_the_bureau; IND/DEM (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union (including Libya) (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 member; Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Mouvement pour la France - Rassemblement pour l’Indépendance et la Souveraineté de la France (2005-10-05--2009-07-13)3 substitute; DEVE (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	". Mr President, sadly, I have little time, but some of my predecessors have seen themselves granted certain favours, and I request the same treatment. My group should like to point out that, contrary to what people are so fond of believing in this House, there is no unanimous desire to pick a fight, in the field of human rights, with the government of Tunisia, a friendly country if ever there was one. That was, moreover, the tone of the speech made by my excellent fellow Member, Mr Busuttil, which I support. Firstly, many believe that the internal disputes within the Human Rights League - which, I might add, are obscure Tunisian disputes - should not be resolved by the European Parliament. That is not our role. Secondly, many of us are delighted to see that a country of the South is progressing so well on the path to development, and has been doing so for many years now, and that it might eventually become a genuine developed country and, as such, serve as an example to the whole of the Arab world, and perhaps even to the whole of Africa. Our admiration for Tunisia is all the more profound because its government is able to keep what are, as we know, ever-recurring and ever-threatening waves of fundamentalism and religious fanaticism at bay. Many of us are surprised, too, that some people should be obsessed with this country to the point where they devote the bulk of their term in office to trying by all possible means to heap opprobrium on it. That is strange to say the least. Finally, many wonder about the constant recourse to this ‘double standards’ principle. We are very fussy about human rights with some countries, especially when they escape the influence of the United States and the English-speaking world, but we are much less so with others, including the Member States."@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"(The President cut off the speaker)"1

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