Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-09-26-Speech-1-077-000"

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dcterms:Date	"2011-09-26"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Trade in agricultural and fishery products between the EU and Palestine (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20110926.17.1-077-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2011-09-26-Speech-1-078-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Keith Taylor2
lpv:spoken text	"Madam President, I rise to speak in favour of Ms Koppa’s resolution. Like many others, I have witnessed the twists and turns in the quest for Palestinian statehood in the United Nations, and like many others I wish them well and hope for a fair and just solution. In speaking today on the Koppa report it is, for me, not a question of being anti-Israel or pro-Palestine. No: it is more one of championing justice and fair play. We must hope that peace soon comes to this troubled region. I spent a few days in the Gaza Strip this summer seeing for myself the abject poverty in which Gazans have to live. I listened to the pleas of mothers and fathers unable to feed or educate their children properly, and of doctors and workers who have to work with the most basic of materials. I listened to teachers and their students, refugees and NGOs, and I heard countless stories of stalled business deals, of jobs lost through lack of raw materials, of social breakdown and the strangulation of trade by the Israeli blockade. It became very clear to me that in Gaza and in the West Bank economic recovery and social recovery go hand in hand. We have some misgivings in our Group about the nature of the agreement, the dislocation of development in social and environmental protection, and some of the practical difficulties around identifying the sources of products. The Koppa report will not solve all the problems between Israel and Palestine; but it is an important marker along the way. As the rapporteur states, opening the EU market to Palestinian products is only the first stage in the construction of a Palestinian state. I urge you to join us in the vote tomorrow in Parliament."@en1
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lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Keith Taylor,"1 "on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group"1
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