Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2009-02-05-Speech-4-098"

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lpv:speaker	lp:Daniel Hannan2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, whence comes our obsession with preserving multi-ethnic states regardless of the wishes of their inhabitants? Kosovo had an unquestioned right to self-determination: it was expressed in a referendum with a participation rate and a turnout of more than 90%. However, by an extension of that logic, so, surely, have those Kosovans of Serb extraction, who are clustered conveniently close to the border with Serbia proper. Why not allow them also to enjoy self-government? We do it de facto, so why do we not do it de jure? The answer is because we would rather keep Kosovo as a European protectorate – as a satrapy, such as it was in Ottoman times. We forced on them a version of our 12-star flag and a version of our national anthem. We have a Kosovan Parliament and institutions subject to the overriding decisions of an appointed European commissar. We should allow the people of Kosovo to have referendums on partition – if that is what they want – and on ethnic self-determination, and we should allow that same right to the subject peoples of the European Union. !"@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; NA (2008-02-20--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with Afghanistan (2008-02-18--2009-07-13)3 member; PECH (2008-02-18--2009-07-13)3 substitute; AFCO (2008-04-03--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Conservative and Unionist Party (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Daniel Hannan (NI )."1 "Pactio Olisipiensis Censenda Est"1
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