Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2010-07-07-Speech-3-394"

PredicateValue (sorted: default)
rdf:type
dcterms:Date
dcterms:Is Part Of
dcterms:Language
lpv:document identification number
"en.20100707.27.3-394"2
lpv:hasSubsequent
lpv:speaker
lpv:spokenAs
lpv:translated text
"Mr President, in our view, the policy of the majority of the Member States of the European Union on the question of Kosovo clashes with the European political spirit itself, which is – I believe – cooperation and political assent. All of this has been forgotten in the case of Kosovo and we did not try to help Serbs and Kosovars as much as we could have done to move towards cooperation and political assent. What was ultimately imposed was a partition. I think it is a good thing that we tell the truth. This position which the European Union is maintaining today was based on the violence of the past; however, the situation that we are supporting today is also the result of the force which we imposed. In order for a solution to be viable, it must be agreeable to all the interested parties if it is to be stable. We must not rely on the fact that states are unable to defend their sovereignty in order to create small, independent entities. The unilateral declaration also clashes with UN Resolution 1244, which states that Serbia continues to have sovereignty over the territories in Kosovo. The report – to close – frequently refers to the principle of all states following the same route. However, that cannot be imposed. The report also frequently refers to the recognition of concepts such as ‘the principles of Kosovo’, ‘cross-border relations’ and so forth ..."@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata
lpv:videoURI

Named graphs describing this resource:

1http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/rdf/English.ttl.gz
2http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/rdf/Events_and_structure.ttl.gz
3http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/rdf/spokenAs.ttl.gz

The resource appears as object in 2 triples

Context graph