Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2010-05-20-Speech-4-015"

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dcterms:Date	"2010-05-20"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Union for the Mediterranean (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20100520.3.4-015"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2010-05-20-Speech-4-0162
lpv:speaker	lp:Malika Benarab-attou2
lpv:spokenAs	member; CULT (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 substitute; AFET (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the Pan-African Parliament (2009-09-16--2012-02-12)3 unknown; Europe Écologie (2009-07-14--2014-05-06)3 member; G/EFA (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean (2009-09-16--2012-02-12)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the Union for the Mediterranean has never been as vital to our future as it is today. Together we have tried, in the report on the UfM, to support a different vision of our Mediterranean. More than just a simple free trade zone, it is a Union founded on the common civilisation of people who share fundamental values. I should like to talk about the most serious obstacle to our Mediterranean ambitions; the violence suffered by the Palestinian people, who are being occupied, expelled and killed by Israel, while Europe fails to assume its historic responsibility in this conflict and really act for peace by recognising the State of Palestine in accordance with the international laws on which our democracies are founded. This coming week, an official Parliament delegation will visit the Gaza Strip in a bid to understand why aid to the tune of hundreds of millions of euro which Europeans are sending Palestinians is not arriving in the schools and hospitals in Gaza, which I visited in January. I was shocked and dismayed to learn that the chair of the Committee on Foreign Affairs decided, without informing either his members – of whom I am one – or the co-chairs of this delegation, not to visit Gaza with Parliament’s delegation on the instructions of the Israeli Embassy. By boycotting Parliament’s delegation to Gaza, our committee chair is discrediting the whole of Parliament, which passed a resolution on the Goldstone report condemning the fact that contacts with the populations in Gaza were being blocked by the Israeli army and demanding that the block be lifted immediately. We need to remember this resolution and Parliament’s position. This being so, I call for Mr Albertini to resign as chair of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, of which I am a member, for failing to meet the demands of his office. What is the point of financing and supervising elections, if we then refuse to recognise those who have chosen the ballot box over arms? Finally, another obstacle to a really fraternal Union for the Mediterranean is the victims who drown on their way from the south side, partly due to the fact that European borders are completely closed to them. Our current migration policy is no longer acceptable. We need to be able, as the UNDP recommends, to ensure that the mobility of citizens from the South is equal to our own mobility to the South. We must be faithful to our project and to our values. Our children will thank us for it and we will be the proud representatives of our peoples."@en1
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