Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2007-01-31-Speech-3-033"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2007-01-31"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Moratorium on the death penalty (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"it"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20070131.15.3-033"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2007-01-31-Speech-3-0342
lpv:speaker	lp:Marco Pannella2
lpv:spokenAs	member; ALDE (2007-01-17--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Lista Emma Bonino (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with Israel (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, I shall confine my speech to a statement and a note issued this morning by the German Presidency. Word for word, the note reads: ‘the German Presidency calls on the governments concerned to introduce a moratorium on the death penalty with immediate effect’. I am reading the note from the German Presidency. This is precisely our position. I think I am right in saying that Mr Barroso also issued a statement fully supporting the Italian initiative, the aim of which is to have a proposal for a moratorium drafted within the current UN General Assembly. This proposal will undoubtedly win through: as far back as 1999 there was an absolute majority in favour of a resolution, which was not tabled. Faced with the enthusiasm that we are seeing throughout the world right now for our initiative – that of the European Parliament, of the chairmen of our groups, the initiative that was pre-announced very specifically in Strasbourg by Mr Watson and other Members – I therefore do not understand – or, rather, I understand only too well – how it is possible to stall, at a time when France is taking the incredible step of highlighting the abolition of the death penalty with a change to its Constitution; when Rwanda is also doing so; and when, just yesterday, Kyrgyzstan did so. Statements are coming in from everywhere – from Syria, from Lebanon – in support of our position. I believe that, in the future, the European Parliament, like the Council of Europe before it, will lead this movement. To conclude my speech, Madam President, I should like to point out that, 60 years ago, there was a Rome-Berlin axis. I was 10 years old, and I remember it well. It happens today that, with the coming-together of the German Presidency, the Italian initiative and the very recent French initiatives, a new situation is emerging: I believe that it is historically important that in a certain way Berlin and Rome are now taking a definite stand, with no hypocrisy or fear of winning, because there are too many people here who are scared of winning, not losing."@en1

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