Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-07-06-Speech-3-541-000"

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dcterms:Date	"2011-07-06"^^xsd:date2
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20110706.26.3-541-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2011-07-06-Speech-3-542-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Knut Fleckenstein2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly (2009-10-07--2014-06-30)3 member; TRAN (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member; S&D (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2009-09-16--2013-10-28)3 unknown; Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 chair; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2009-09-29--2014-06-30)3 member; Conference of Delegation Chairs (2009-09-29--2014-06-30)3 substitute; CULT (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Baroness Ashton, ladies and gentlemen, I shall be brief, because the subject of Russia comes round every four weeks and I stand by the opinion that I expressed four weeks ago. Yes, we regret the fact that yet again, parties in Russia, most recently the liberal party, are not approved and therefore cannot stand for public election. I am convinced that no nation in the world will put up with this in the long term. I am also convinced that our Partnership for Modernisation could be implemented much more effectively if the Russian Government could allay concerns about democratic shortcomings and the rule of law with bold decisions. Until such time as that happens, we shall not let this subject rest, also because we believe that it is in the interest of our partner, in other words, Russia itself. For my part, I should also like to add that I am equally convinced that we can achieve a great deal more by stepping up our talks and our cooperation than by adopting monthly resolutions, however appropriate these may be. Human rights and democracy are indivisible. Our public contribution to this is important, our criticism of Russia is justified, but we would be even more credible if we were to identify the shortcomings within the EU with the same honesty and acuity and perhaps even more unanimously than before. As long as Members of this House maintain – as they did yesterday – that modern Hungary is a model democracy, then, what my fellow Member from the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats) said continues to apply: that the self-righteousness of some Members of this House is hair-raising. I agree with that. I am not saying this to please anyone in Moscow, but because I am firmly convinced that we can make a much more effective contribution than we are making at present."@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"(The speaker agreed to take a blue-card question under Rule 149(8))"1
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