Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-12-13-Speech-2-473-000"
| Predicate | Value (sorted: default) |
|---|---|
| rdf:type | |
| dcterms:Date | |
| dcterms:Is Part Of | |
| dcterms:Language | |
| lpv:document identification number |
"en.20111213.31.2-473-000"2
|
| lpv:hasSubsequent | |
| lpv:speaker | |
| lpv:spokenAs | |
| lpv:translated text |
"Madam President, Baroness Ashton, I can only endorse what Ms Oomen-Ruijten has said about the elections. We very much want to make it clear to the Russian President that his announcements must be followed by actions and that we will take him exactly at his word. I think that what Mr Swoboda has said is right. We should hold a major hearing for everyone involved, once the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) has submitted its report. Therefore, I think it is wrong to call for new elections now, before the report is available.
I would just like to say one thing to Mr Kelam, but unfortunately he is no longer here. Perhaps it is simply an error in the interpreting. He said that the demonstrators in Moscow represent an opportunity for us. I do not believe that this is right. It is not an opportunity for us, but an opportunity for the people of Russia. We need to be careful about what we say.
Elections will be an important topic of conversation at the summit, but this can also be a summit which gives confidence. There are two positive points which I would like to mention briefly. One is accession to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) after 18 years of negotiations. This not only clarifies the rules, but could also make a new agreement with us easier, hopefully in future prevent the unilateral trade restrictions that there have been in the past, and alleviate the repeated pressure caused by the Siberian overflight rights.
The second and final point that I want to touch on briefly is the question of visas and free movement. We are pleased that a regulation will be put in place on the border traffic to and from Kaliningrad. That will really make the situation easier for people in Poland and in Kaliningrad in particular. The joint steps which the two countries aim to agree on and which have been carefully prepared will hopefully, with good will on both sides, lead to a regulation on visa-free travel at some point. We will be discussing modernisation, human rights and the development of a civil society and we want to achieve sensible, positive results. However, without personal contacts, none of this will succeed."@en1
|
| lpv:videoURI |
Named graphs describing this resource:
The resource appears as object in 2 triples