Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2008-05-07-Speech-3-184"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2008-05-07"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Human Rights in the World 2007 and the EU's policy on the matter - EU Election Observation Missions (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20080507.15.3-184"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2008-05-07-Speech-3-1852
lpv:speaker	lp:Véronique De Keyser2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; FEMM (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; DROI (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; PES (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; EMPL (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (2007-05-23--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries (2007-03-14--2009-07-13)3 member; AFET (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Parti Socialiste (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	". Mr President, I would like to thank all my fellow Members who have spoken, and say how much the warm words spoken, by Mrs Isler Béguin for example, reflect the enthusiasm of those who have taken part in electoral missions. Even though this report may appear to be very much based on consensus, and as has been said in some reports I have read, is of little media interest, involved little internal conflict, little external conflict, and little of anything, it certainly represents a great deal for countries that have young democracies and must hold elections. I would like to respond to two of my fellow Members in particular. First I would like to give an answer to Mr Onyszkiewicz, who raised a very serious issue: that of the minority. I would like to say to him that despite my understanding – and I understand very well that election observation is not yet democracy – I cannot follow him on the path of this philosophy that is really enlightened despotism or revolutionary avant-gardism, where even Condorcet talks about minorities. We cannot follow him along that path. Obviously democracy is not perfect. It would be fantastic if it was. It is democracy that allowed Mr Vanhecke to make a vile, islamophobic and racist speech today. Mr Vanhecke represents 30% of voters in my country, in the Flanders part. Sadly we cannot erase Mr Vanhecke’s party and 30% of Flanders. Mr Onyszkiewicz – perhaps he is not here any more – we cannot erase the 50% of Palestinians who voted for Hamas. Democracy raises questions, and it is these questions that we need to answer. When we talk about political follow-up, about the questions that the election observations raise and about the challenges, it is these things we need to tackle."@en1

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