Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2008-04-09-Speech-3-153"

Predicate	Value (sorted: default)
rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2008-04-09"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:One-minute speeches on matters of political importance2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20080409.21.3-153"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2008-04-09-Speech-3-1542
lpv:speaker	lp:Toomas Savi2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, I would like to draw your attention to the parallel between the Olympic Games in Beijing and in Moscow 28 years ago. Granting the right to hold the Olympic Games in Moscow in 1980 was probably an artful plan designed by Jimmy Carter’s administration and his national security adviser, Zbigniew Brzezinski, to open the Soviet Union, at least for a short period, to the West and its democratic influence. Our goal is to trigger democratisation in China and therefore we should appreciate the chance for such an international presence in a country that is otherwise rather isolated. Also, in boycotting the Beijing Olympics, we deprive the Chinese authorities of their triumph. We also lose the opportunity to introduce democratic values to the Chinese people at grassroots level. Our presence at the Olympic Games in Beijing should not be viewed as an acceptance of the Chinese authorities but as an effort to make the Chinese people see the need for the transition to a new regime."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member_of_the_bureau; ALDE (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; DEVE (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 substitute; REGI (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Eesti Reformierakond (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; SEDE (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 vice-chair; Delegation for relations with Canada (2007-03-14--2009-07-13)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Toomas Savi (ALDE ). –"1

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