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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2011-01-17"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Statement by the President of the European Parliament on the situation in Tunisia2
dcterms:Language	"es"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20110117.11.1-033-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2011-01-17-Speech-1-034-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-neyra2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; SEDE (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Mexico Joint Parliamentary Committee (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; AFET (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 chair; Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Partido Popular (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member; Conference of Delegation Chairs (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 substitute; BUDG (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member_of_the_bureau; EPP (2009-07-24--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, the recent events in Tunisia should encourage us to reflect with a sense of responsibility on at least two issues. Firstly, on whether policies to support the in countries that lack democratic freedoms really contribute to stability, in this case, in our immediate vicinity. Secondly, Mr President, we should reflect on whether the disappearance of Mr Ben Ali from the political scene is sufficient to guarantee that a real democratic transition will be brought about. In my view, Mr President, the answer to both these questions is no. Therefore, Mr Füle, there needs to be a thorough reflection around why the Neighbourhood Policy, in the spirit of the Barcelona Process, has not had the intended democratising effects, and how we could or should make adjustments to it. Secondly, experience has shown us in many cases that, when there is a power vacuum, the most radicalised and extremist parties replace the process, hijack it and want to ruin it. Mr President, if it is simply to defend freedom, extremism is not a vice; if it is only to defend justice, moderation is not a virtue. This ethical imperative means that the European Union must mobilise all its efforts to help ensure that this process is not derailed. I welcome what Mr Füle said about providing electoral assistance to Tunisia, but I think that it is even more important to go a step further and support Tunisia through a European Union electoral observation mission. It is not only because of this ethical imperative that is etched in the genetic code of the European Union that we should do this, Mr President, but also in our own interests: because there is no point travelling first class if there is a passenger in economy with a bomb in his suitcase."@en1
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