Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2009-09-16-Speech-3-192"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2009-09-16"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:New regulations on visas for Western Balkan countries (Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia) (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"sl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20090916.17.3-192"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2009-09-16-Speech-3-1932
lpv:speaker	lp:Jelko Kacin2
lpv:spokenAs	member; AFET (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3,3 substitute; EMPL (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3,3 substitute; TRAN (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3,3 member_of_the_bureau; ALDE (2009-07-20--2014-06-30)3,3 unknown; Liberalna Demokracija Slovenije (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3,3
lpv:translated text	"I congratulate Macedonia and hope that Montenegro and Serbia also get to the same stage. That would be good for all the three countries and for the Western Balkans as a whole. It is unfortunate, however, that Bosnia has been omitted from this package. The efforts made as regards Bosnia have been inadequate and insufficiently successful, and by this I mean both our efforts and theirs. The main obstacle to progress in Bosnia is the state of mind, the feeling of powerlessness, which is paralysing people and institutions there. The Bosniaks are the only people in Bosnia who have not been allowed to travel freely throughout Europe. They do not have a second state to resort to and, for that reason, they have been ghettoised. They are the only ones who cannot harbour dreams of dual citizenship. That is humiliating. They feel overlooked, belittled and punished by the European Union. We must provide political assistance to the state of Bosnia and Herzegovina in order to enable it to help itself and its citizens. The European Union shares responsibility for the situation in Bosnia and for the stability of the region. That responsibility lies with the Council, the Commission and Parliament. Bosnia is close to having its visa requirements lifted. The only problem left is the problem in people’s heads – in their heads and in our heads. There is a wall rising between us and them, a wall higher than the Berlin Wall. Let us break down that wall and let us help Bosnia to get its visa requirements lifted, now, as soon as possible, in the same package as the other three countries in this region."@en1
lpv:videoURI	<go to Events_and_structure europarl>2

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