Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-09-27-Speech-2-723-000"

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dcterms:Date	"2011-09-27"^^xsd:date2
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lpv:speaker	lp:Sir Graham Watson2
lpv:spoken text	"Madam President, the musical chairs at the front of the hall, and the lack of any real statement from either of the representatives, is perhaps at least recognition that exclusive economic zones are not a matter of EU competence; they are a matter of international law. Quite apart from the dubious wisdom of drilling for hydrocarbons on a planet whose temperature is increasing far too fast and in countries which have huge resources of renewable energies, this is a challenge the European Union cannot ignore. We are in this situation partly because we failed to insist on a peace deal prior to Cyprus’s entry to the Union and partly because, since entry, little progress has been made on a solution for the island and the Union has gone cold on Turkey’s adhesion. I note the speech of Cyprus’s new Energy Minister, Praxoula Antoniadou Kyriakou at the Energy Council last week, and I welcome her commitment to the opening of the energy chapter for Turkey, which Cyprus blocked in 2007. But I note, too, that exploratory drilling has begun. Knowing Turkey’s objections and knowing its offer of 24 September for a UN mediator on hydrocarbon resources, aware that drilling will be seen as more than an economic activity, and at a time when UN negotiations are entering a very delicate phase, what Cyprus is doing may be defensible legally but it is bound to be inflammatory politically, and we should not be surprised at Turkey’s reaction. Now, of course, we must urge Turkey to show restraint, but we must also give some hope to the Turkish Cypriots that they might have a share in the wealth of an estimated 20 billion barrels of oil."@en1
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lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"(The speaker agreed to take a blue-card question under Rule 149(8))"1 "Graham Watson (ALDE )."1
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