Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2009-02-03-Speech-2-286"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2009-02-03"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Resettlement of Guantánamo prisoners - Alleged use of European countries by the CIA for the transport and illegal detention of prisoners (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20090203.20.2-286"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2009-02-03-Speech-2-2872
lpv:speaker	lp:Jan Marinus Wiersma2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation for relations with the countries of south-east Europe (2007-03-15--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Moldova Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 vice-chair; PES (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; SEDE (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 substitute; INTA (2007-09-05--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Partij van de Arbeid (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; AFET (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"President Obama has kept his word. One of his first policy actions was the closure of the prison in Guantánamo, which we are naturally delighted about. Or rather, it was the announcement of the closure of Guantánamo, because the new US Government is faced with the difficult task of finding a solution for the inmates who are still there. First of all, their status should be identified, and it should be established whether they can all be released without risk. They have been locked up illegally by the Bush administration, which clearly violated international law. It is, therefore, first and foremost an American problem that needs to be solved by Washington. Whether the US will ask for help from the European countries and the European Union is currently not yet clear, and it would be somewhat speculative to run ahead of events too much. I also beg to differ with those fellow Members who believe that we should already make pledges on the basis of the assumption that the European Union is morally obliged to do so, because some countries could possibly have been involved in the transport of inmates to Guantánamo. This is based purely on assumptions. We have never been able to prove that there was any truth in this, and neither do we know which countries would have been involved in such transport, so to base our argument for receiving inmates on this is somewhat weak, in my view, and I am pleased that this has not been done in the resolution. We should, obviously, not rule out the possibility of the US still making this request, and I share my group chairman’s opinion on this. If this request is made, we will certainly need to react positively on account of considerations of international law, but also on account of the need for the European Union to react in a humanitarian manner in a situation like this."@en1
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