Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2008-05-07-Speech-3-189"

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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	"pl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20080507.15.3-189"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2008-05-07-Speech-3-1902
lpv:speaker	lp:Hanna Foltyn-kubicka2
lpv:spokenAs	member; UEN (2005-12-07--2009-07-13)3 substitute; DROI (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2006-01-16--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Belarus (2007-04-25--2009-07-13)3 substitute; LIBE (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Prawo i Sprawiedliwość (2005-12-07--2009-07-13)3 member; AFET (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"In the recently signed Treaty of Lisbon, the EU Member States took on a duty to strengthen human rights and freedoms and democratic order in the world. This is without doubt the main aim of the EU’s foreign policy. Meanwhile, the behaviour of President Barroso and other commissioners during their recent visit to the People’s Republic of China and their statement that the Tibet issue is an internal matter for China runs starkly counter to the idea that is not only laid down in the Lisbon Treaty, but that we are also trying to put into practice from one day to the next, especially here in the European Parliament – the idea of putting human rights first. In the light of this it is difficult to come to terms with the fact that Europe is treating Russia as a democratic partner, forgetting that this is a country whose authorities not only countenance numerous violations of our principal ideas, but also openly mock them. Why are we closing our eyes to the unceasing extermination of Chechens and the gagging of the press in that country? Perhaps it is because the EU itself is not without its oversights as far as observing human rights is concerned. I regret that the right of parents and children to speak to each other in their chosen language is not respected by the Federal Republic of Germany, as arises from the current practice of courts and youth affairs offices. We have to find an answer to the question of what our aim is. Are our resolutions and endless debates really supposed to put the world to rights, or are they just a way of masking hypocrisy, so that European politicians can feel good about themselves?"@en1

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