Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2008-09-01-Speech-1-146"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2008-09-01"^^xsd:date2
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20080901.20.1-146"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2008-09-01-Speech-1-1502
lpv:speaker	lp:Jacek Saryusz-wolski2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Conference of Committee Chairs (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 substitute; BUDG (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member_of_the_bureau; EPP-ED (2004-08-31--2009-07-13)3 chair; AFET (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Platforma Obywatelska (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; Conference of Delegation Chairs (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I must first of all congratulate the French Presidency on this achievement. I believe that we have come a long way from Europe’s position on Iraq to its current attitude towards the crisis in the Caucasus. Congratulations. Thanks to its Presidency, the Union has been more effective and quicker off the mark than Washington. All this is positive, but questions do remain: firstly, how can we minimise the suffering of the population; secondly, how can we ensure that the Russians respect the rules and what strategy do we adopt, in the longer term, with regard to Russia? I greet the measures and the text by the Council with moderate optimism and satisfaction. It contains all the main elements of condemnation and action, including the more generous offer in terms of Community assistance and a potential ESDP mission. But I would say to the presidency that it is just an . It is just an or an . We are waiting for the main course which will be peace and stability in the region, and the European Union’s long-term strategy in this region of the Caucasus. We need to deploy all efforts to make Russia understand that it has the choice: either to cooperate with the EU as a responsible partner assuming its obligations and commitments and fully respecting the six-point Sarkozy plan, or to expose itself to the condemnation of the international community, which may evolve into ostracism, and eventually into isolation encompassing a set of appropriate measures to be taken if the need arises. We, the Union, also have a choice – either to be satisfied with our verbal actions and avoid measures which Russia would understand, or to revise, if necessary, our policy towards Russia, making clear that we can be both assertive and respectful in the event of non-compliance by Russia with the rules which we expect…"@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"(The President cut off the speaker.)"1 "hors d’oeuvre"1
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