Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-04-06-Speech-3-551-000"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2011-04-06"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Situation in Syria, Bahrain and Yemen2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20110406.33.3-551-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2011-04-06-Speech-3-552-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Pino Arlacchi2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, Syria, Bahrain and Yemen are three tyrannies being challenged by their own citizens and these citizens deserve our unconditional support. Until this moment, the EU’s action vis-à-vis the wave of democratisation in the region has been uncertain and lacking in strength and credibility. If we want to increase both, we should start first of all to eliminate the double standards we used in the past. We supported these autocracies in several ways and we, the Europeans, along with Russia and the United States, sold them almost any sort of armaments. Now we are lamenting the consequences of our arms trade with the Gulf autocracies in terms of casualties, in terms of innocent victims of the weapons we sold to them. If we want to be credible, we should cancel all contracts in armaments to these countries and to the Gulf Cooperation Council, and ask for the establishment of an arms embargo in all of the North Africa and Middle East region. The reduction of their military budget will be a dividend to invest in a fund for democratic transition."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	vice-chair; Delegation for relations with Afghanistan (2009-09-30--2014-06-30)3 member; S&D (2010-11-18--2014-06-30)3 substitute; DEVE (2011-01-27--2012-01-18)3 unknown; Partito Democratico (2010-11-18--2014-06-30)3 member; AFET (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Pino Arlacchi (S&D )."1
lpv:videoURI	<go to Events_and_structure europarl>2

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