Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-10-25-Speech-3-041"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-10-25"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Results of the informal summit of heads of state and government (Lahti, 20 October 2006) (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"it"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20061025.4.3-041"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-10-25-Speech-3-0422
lpv:speaker	lp:Mario Borghezio2
lpv:spokenAs	member; NA (2006-04-27--2006-12-12)3 member; LIBE (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Lega Nord per l'indipendenza della Padania (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; PETI (2004-09-14--2007-01-14)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Romania Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2006-12-31)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I have heard many lofty words of pathos in defence of human rights, even from the ranks of those parties which for decades remained silent while in the East there were popular uprisings in Berlin, in Budapest, and so on. At that time, Europe remained silent and those parties remained silent, whereas now they are all supporters of human rights, and are putting Vladimir Putin's Russia in the dock. If it is true that human rights must not be traded for economic interests, and I am completely convinced that it is, it is equally true that our focus and our determined defence of the values on which Europe is founded and which are today frequently infringed in Russia, but not only there – incidentally, I would like to hear the same pathos in speeches on infringements of human rights in Turkey, for example, a country which some would like to welcome enthusiastically, even immediately, into the European Union – must not close our eyes to a necessity. It is clear that as much as Russia needs us for energy collaboration, we need an economic partnership agreement with Russia. I would like to point out that Mr Putin himself has stated that he does not reject the principles of the Charter, but asks that another document be drafted, taking these principles and amending them in part. This is therefore a clear opening. The question of the agreement with Russia is highlighted by geo-economic and geo-strategic issues. Such is the agreement before us, and it regards the economic future of our region. A sense of realism is therefore needed, without, of course, abandoning the protection of human rights, which nonetheless represent a means of applying pressure in this instance also, given that Mr Putin’s policy is turning towards an economic nationalism that is worrying for Europe, closing itself to collaboration and cutting contracts with Western companies. This is a realist policy that we need to support strongly and with a great sense of responsibility."@en1

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