Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-10-25-Speech-3-288"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-10-25"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:EC-Syria Euro-Mediterranean Association Agreement (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20061025.25.3-288"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-10-25-Speech-3-2892
lpv:speaker	lp:Hélène Flautre2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; AFET (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Les Verts-Europe-Ecologie (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; TRAN (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; G/EFA (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; Conference of Committee Chairs (2004-09-01--2007-01-15)3 member; Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 chair; DROI (2004-09-01--2007-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	". Madam President, a crucial obstacle on the road to ratification has arisen, namely the ever-worsening human rights situation in Syria. Observers regularly denounce the arbitrary arrests, the acts of torture, the blatant discrimination against minorities, the barriers to freedom of expression and of association, and the harassment and imprisonment of people who work peacefully to enhance freedoms in Syria. I refer in particular to Michel Kilo, Anwar al-Bunni and Mahmoud Issa, who are still being detained for having signed in May the Beirut-Damascus Declaration calling for the normalisation of relations between Lebanon and Syria. Michel Kilo should have been released on 19 October, but a further charge has resulted in his prison term being extended. Mr Issa was released on 25 September but was re-arrested just two days ago. These examples, among many others, demonstrate the lack of a genuine desire on the part of the Syrian authorities to undertake the necessary democratic reforms. Under these circumstances – as you said, Mrs De Keyser – there is no question of the European Union concluding an association agreement with Syria. As the Resolution states, an improvement in the human rights situation and respect for democratic values must be a prerequisite for the conclusion of any agreement. Moreover, it is also important to put in place an effective control mechanism as part of the application of the ‘human rights' clause. This approach should also be applied to Russia and to Turkmenistan, and to a good many other countries too. The same goes for the consistency of the positions adopted by Parliament."@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"inter alia"1

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