Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-09-06-Speech-3-019"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-09-06"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:EU preparation for its future role in Kosovo (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"hu"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060906.4.3-019"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-09-06-Speech-3-0202
lpv:speaker	lp:István Szent-iványi2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Szabad Demokraták Szövetsége (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; INTA (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Romania Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2006-12-31)3 substitute; Temporary Committee on the alleged use of European countries by the CIA for the transport and illegal detention of prisoners (2006-01-19--2007-02-14)3 member_of_the_bureau; ALDE (2004-12-06--2009-07-13)3 member; AFET (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 vice-chair; Delegation for relations with the Korean Peninsula (2004-09-21--2007-03-13)3
lpv:translated text	". Today everyone knows that the international community made a big mistake by continually postponing the settlement of the status of Kosovo. Time has not provided any solutions, but further complicated the situation instead. The status of Kosovo must be resolved as soon as possible, and within this year. If the talks do not produce results, then the international community must take responsibility for a decision. We can see clearly the contours of the solution. We know what we do not want and what we do want. We do not want – because we cannot want – a restoration of the pre-1999 situation. This would simply further escalate the crisis. We do not want Kosovo to be split up, because this could launch a dangerous chain reaction in the region. We do not want Kosovo eventually to join one of the neighbouring countries, because this would not serve the interests of stability either. Kosovo can gradually regain its independence, its full statehood, depending on the degree to which it becomes viable and is able to guarantee human rights, minority rights, and the basic principles of the rule of law. We must help Kosovo in achieving these, and in creating the necessary conditions. I agree with the Commissioner that the key question is the guarantee of minority rights, especially those of the Serb but also of the Roma minorities. This is of crucial importance for the entire region. One of the starting points for the Balkan crisis was the denial of and disregard for minority rights. We have to find a solution that can ensure broad-ranging autonomy for the Kosovo Serbs and the Roma as well, a solution that is guaranteed by the constitution, and for which the international community takes responsibility and offers guarantees. But Serbia, too, must understand that its concerns about the rights of the Kosovo Serb minority are justified, but that morally they can only be accepted if Serbia in turn guarantees the same rights to minorities living within Serbia, for instance Hungarians and Slovaks living in Voivodina, and Albanians living elsewhere in Serbia. In conclusion, the Commissioner has spoken of a very important matter: the role to be played by the international community, and more specifically by the European Union. It is impossible to imagine creating a viable Kosovo without the active cooperation of the European Union. We must help shape the organs of state government and help develop the economy. Unfortunately, the 2007 budget does not make any provision for this. Once again, words and deeds point in different directions. We talk about wanting to take action, but at the same time the budgetary basis for our actions is lacking. I ask Parliament to support in the current budget debates those proposals – some of which I myself have made – which serve the purpose of providing the necessary resources for bringing about a settlement for Kosovo."@en1

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