Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-11-14-Speech-2-262"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-11-14"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Legislative and work programme of the Commission for 2007 (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"pl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20061114.36.2-262"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-11-14-Speech-2-2632
lpv:speaker	lp:Konrad Szymański2
lpv:spokenAs	member; AFET (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; UEN (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; LIBE (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)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; FEMM (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; Delegation for relations with Belarus (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Mercosur (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 unknown; Prawo i Sprawiedliwość (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, the European Union has done much to raise its visibility in the world arena in recent years. In order to enable this process of emancipation to develop, we have to face up to significant problems. Since the enlargement of 2004 we are neighbours with a very troubled part of Europe to the east, where in recent years we have seen Russia return to a policy of coercion in respect of its neighbours, countries which today are also neighbours of the European Union. Often these countries – such as Georgia and Ukraine – are included in our neighbourhood policy, which the Commission rightly believes should be strengthened. However, a successful reform of financial aid instruments is not everything. In order to play an important role in the world, particularly when we think of the European Union as a ‘soft power’, takes credibility. This credibility is a vital test, and we cannot be a global or even regional player if we do not protect Belarus from annexation by Russia, something which may only be a matter of months away. We will not become a global player if we trade human rights in Russia for gas, or if we close the door to the pro-European, democratic and pro-western policies of Ukraine and Georgia in a cowardly way. These are key objectives for our instruments in external policy. If we do not succeed in using them successfully, the world will see a growing gap between our often moralising declarations and the reality. The world does not need such a European Union, and the world would certainly have little respect for such a European Union."@en1

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