Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2010-03-10-Speech-3-380"

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dcterms:Date	"2010-03-10"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Cuba (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20100310.23.3-380"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2010-03-10-Speech-3-3812
lpv:speaker	lp:Louis Michel2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Mouvement Réformateur (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member_of_the_bureau; ALDE (2009-07-20--2014-06-30)3 member; LIBE (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 substitute; DEVE (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 co-president; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-17--2014-06-30)3 member; Conference of Delegation Chairs (2009-09-17--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, Commissioner, Minister, the death of Orlando Zapata Tamayo is tragic evidence of the despair to which a lack or an absence of freedom can lead. As the Minister said, this clearly should not have happened. We must denounce the detention of prisoners of conscience and demand their release. We cannot support the arbitrariness of a power that obstinately refuses to embrace the exercising of the most fundamental freedoms, but it is my belief that we cannot deprive ourselves of the virtues of, and prospects for, a political dialogue, which, now more than ever, remains the most tangible expression of our European values. Relations between Cuba and the European Union have been complex for a very long time now; often, they are based on a lack of awareness and of understanding, which has led to serious tensions and which regularly undermines the advances in and prospects for political dialogue. We all know that Cuba is today at a turning point in its history. More than ever, I remain convinced that we would be wrong not to preserve the advantages and advances, however modest, of a dialogue sustained by particular historical, cultural and linguistic links. The European Union is, without doubt, the only political power capable of convincing the Cubans that the isolation in which they are confining themselves is suicidal and can only lead them, sooner or later, to a tragic fate. We cannot shirk this responsibility that we have to pursue the dialogue without excluding any of the difficult issues but also without applying – as I believe is all too often the case – double standards."@en1
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