Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2009-12-17-Speech-4-270"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2009-12-17"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Azerbaijan: freedom of expression2
dcterms:Language	"pl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20091217.22.4-270"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2009-12-17-Speech-4-2722
lpv:speaker	lp:Ryszard Czarnecki2
lpv:spokenAs	member; CONT (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, and for relations with Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 substitute; INTA (2009-07-21--2012-01-18)3 member; PECH (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Prawo i Sprawiedliwość (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member; TRAN (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Moldova Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 vice-chair; Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-30--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Azerbaijan has appeared once again on the agenda of the European Parliament. We spoke about Azerbaijan in the last parliamentary term, when we adopted three resolutions, including one about freedom of the media there. We also spoke about the Southern Caucasus, again including Azerbaijan. We are interested in Azerbaijan and have a great deal of goodwill for the country. It is trying to find its way step-by-step, and, indeed, is moving ever nearer to the western world, and not to the east. We should appreciate this. I think that we look upon Azerbaijan with a great deal of goodwill, and also on the authorities there. However, that goodwill must not order us not to speak out about things we do not like. Certainly, a situation in which two bloggers are locked up because they say what they think about the authorities is something which should not take place. We should support the pro-European tendencies of the Azerbaijani authorities, because all the time, a political discussion is going on there about whether to be closer to the European Union or to Russia. In so doing, we should support all those who want to be closer to the western world. However, when supporting them, we must talk about the values which make up that world – freedom of the press and freedom of expression are a fundamental value, and we should make this very plain. Azerbaijan is certainly not in an easy position, because Russia is trying to rebuild its area of political and economic influence, but when helping the Azerbaijani authorities to draw nearer to the EU, we must speak out about the country’s deficiencies."@en1
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