Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2007-05-22-Speech-2-251"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2007-05-22"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Situation in Palestine (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20070522.25.2-251"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2007-05-22-Speech-2-2522
lpv:speaker	lp:Edward Mcmillan-scott2
lpv:spoken text	"Madam President, once again we are discussing this tragic situation in Palestine. Let me say at the outset that all of us condemn terrorism wherever it occurs. I should say that the suicide bombers who attacked London a couple of years ago all came from my constituency. However, they were motivated by events in the Middle East – by Iraq and by Palestine – and therefore it is proper that we should not only consider the events in the Middle East as they affect the people there but also people in our own territories. I used to say that Israel was the only democracy in the Middle East. But two years ago I chaired our delegation for the elections of President Abbas, which were much welcomed by the international community. However, when he came here a few months ago he said that if we, the international community, would not support him, there would be chaos and civil war in his country. Last year I chaired the Election Observation Mission for the elections to the parliament in Palestine, and then the European Union turned its back on those results. We seem to be paralysed by the roadmap. However, in my view the situation has now got to the point where the EU simply has to change its approach. Palestine is collapsing economically, politically and socially. We are risking another Algeria, where, when the West turned its back on the results of the elections in 1992, the result was 200 000 dead. I believe the time has now come for the EU, if it cannot recognise the government of national unity, at least under the terms of a draft resolution some of us discussed last week, it should cooperate comprehensively with that government. Secondly, it is surely high time that the European Parliament’s Committee on Foreign Affairs had a working party – not just on the United Nations or the Balkans or the five external financing instruments: let us have a working party on the Middle East."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Conservative and Unionist Party (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia (2007-03-15--2009-07-13)3 vice-president; Parliament's Bureau (2007-01-16--2009-07-13)3 vice-president; European Parliament (2007-01-16--2009-07-13)3 member; DROI (2007-02-12--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union (including Libya) (2007-03-14--2009-07-13)3 vice-chair; Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-20--2008-06-11)3 substitute; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 substitute; AFET (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member_of_the_bureau; EPP-ED (2004-08-31--2009-07-13)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Edward McMillan-Scott (PPE-DE ). –"1

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