Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2010-02-10-Speech-3-197"
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"Mr President, it is very obvious that the situation in Iran has reached crisis point. Since the presidential elections, there have been demonstrations in which the opposition was treated very harshly, human rights violations and, in addition, the threat of nuclear weapons, which poses a huge threat in the Middle East, above all to Israel, but also to the whole of Europe.
It would seem that we in the EU are incapable of talking to Iran. Perhaps it is because of cultural differences, as Shiite theology and European humanism, PostEnlightenment thinking, are pretty much at odds with one another. This being so, we need to find a new path.
In any case, we must be clear and defend European values even in our relations with the Iranians. We must furthermore try very hard to let Iran know what the rules of the game that we play by are: democracy, human rights and freedom of speech. As we have now voted on this resolution, it is very important that it is also translated into Farsi and Arabic, the main languages spoken there, so that everyone can be made aware of the sort of regime and guidelines the European Union wants to see established in that region."@en1
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