Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-07-06-Speech-3-555-000"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2011-07-06"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Preparations for the Russian State Duma elections in December (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"cs"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20110706.26.3-555-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2011-07-06-Speech-3-556-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Zuzana Roithová2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; SEDE (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member; IMCO (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 substitute; Special Committee on the Financial, Economic and Social Crisis (2009-10-08--2011-07-31)3 substitute; Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 substitute; FEMM (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 unknown; Křesťanská a demokratická unie - Československá strana lidová (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 substitute; LIBE (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member_of_the_bureau; EPP (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 vice-chair; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-17--2013-07-03)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, Baroness Ashton, if the Russian Federation wants to be a respected partner of Europe, it must abandon the totalitarian practices by means of which it is now eliminating the opposition, including the earlier exclusion of the PARNAS party from the elections. I used to live in the former Eastern Bloc, and I am therefore very familiar with the path Russia is gradually treading from totalitarianism via an authoritarian system to democracy. The current government, however, despite the judgment of the European Court of Justice, is systemically changing the electoral rules and frustrating free competition between political ideas. This proves, unfortunately, that the government is only pretending to build a democratic Russia. President Medvedev, in particular, is tightening the reins again. Baroness Ashton, I hope you will continue to insist on compliance with human rights in the Russian Federation, and on ending those practices which will otherwise become a barrier to cooperation within the framework of the Eastern Partnership policy. I firmly believe that these practices are intended to secure one-party government indefinitely, as a fellow Member said here earlier. I am concerned, despite everything, that the autumn elections to the Duma will not be declared to have been free. I would therefore like to ask a question in advance, if I may. What measures are you planning to take, Baroness Ashton, on behalf of the EU? What can we do now to avoid or at least minimise such a situation? Current events in Russia show that Russia is actually moving more towards an authoritarian system than towards democracy. That is bad for Europe as well."@en1
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