Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-09-06-Speech-3-030"

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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	"pl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060906.4.3-030"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-09-06-Speech-3-0312
lpv:speaker	lp:Józef Pinior2
lpv:spokenAs	member; DEVE (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand (2004-09-16--2007-03-13)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--2007-02-14)3 member; Delegation for relations with the United States (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 substitute; AFET (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; PES (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Socjaldemokracja Polska (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; DROI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, integrating the Western Balkans into the European Union is one of the most significant challenges facing European policy over the coming years. The issue relates to an area of Europe inhabited by numerous nationalities and ethnic groups, communities divided by country, religion, history and the bloody disintegration of Yugoslavia in the nineteen-nineties. Kosovo is the Gordian knot of European policy in this region. The United Nations mission is now preparing for withdrawal from Kosovo. This means that the European Union must be prepared to assume its role there in 2007. The first challenge for the European Union in this new situation will be the as yet undefined status of Kosovo. The recent UN-hosted talks in Vienna on 24 July did not lead to any breakthrough. Serbia, which formally owns Kosovo, did not agree to independence for the province. The Albanian authorities of Kosovo are not prepared to accept even the broadest autonomy. In a peculiar form of psychological war, the Serbian authorities have, in recent days, accused the UN special envoy on the future status of Kosovo Martti Ahtisaari of lacking impartiality in the negotiations. On the other hand, the political advisor to the Albanian premier Koço Danaj stated that by 2013, all Albanians living in the Balkans should unite and integrate within a natural Albania. These events of this summer, which overshadow the Middle East conflict, constitute a major problem which the institutions of the European Union need to tackle over the coming months. Another challenge is organising the future EU mission in Kosovo. This problem relates to funding, structure, staffing and above all the EU’s political strategy in the Western Balkans. No other country or international organisation will replace the European Union in its historic role of guaranteeing democracy, peace and social welfare, based on respect for diversity, in this part of the continent."@en1

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