Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2008-07-10-Speech-4-291"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2008-07-10"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:The death penalty, particularly the case of Troy Davis2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20080710.22.4-291"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2008-07-10-Speech-4-2922
lpv:speaker	lp:Olli Rehn2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, the European Union is firmly opposed to the use of the death penalty and actively works towards the abolition of capital punishment worldwide. In countries that maintain the death penalty, the EU aims at the progressive restriction of its scope, as well as at the establishment of a moratorium so as to eliminate the death penalty completely. The Guidelines to EU Policy Towards Third Countries on the Death Penalty, adopted in 1998 and revised in 2008, set out the framework for EU action. They include declarations or demarches in international fora and towards third countries, including the United States of America. As regards the USA, the EU is deeply concerned about the resumption of executions since the lifting of the de facto moratorium on the death penalty in May. We have repeatedly urged the US Government to reintroduce a moratorium on the death penalty at Federal level and we hope that the United States will consider abolishing the death penalty by law in the foreseeable future. We take note of Parliament’s motion for a resolution regarding the individual case of Mr Troy Davis. We have intelligence from our Washington Delegation that the Governor of Georgia has not yet signed the execution order and that he is apparently in no hurry to do so. The Commission, along with EU Member States and the Presidency, will of course follow this case very closely."@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Member of the Commission"1 "Olli Rehn,"1

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