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"Mr President, I would like to stress the last point raised by Ms Schaake, because, indeed, not only is it a disgrace, it is also utterly ludicrous, that the European Union and its Council have not come up with the political means to invite Turkey to the table to discuss the situation in Syria.
It is now clear that the future scenario called for by Ms De Keyser can only come about through dialogue between Turkey, in particular, the Arab League and the European Union.
It is true that there is no written script, but, nevertheless, we do have some assurances. Firstly, Bashar al-Assad will fall. He will fall. That is the deeply-held belief that we all share and, at best, he will be handed over to the International Criminal Court. He will therefore fall.
What this tells us is that civil society has an incredible capacity, not only to mobilise itself, but also to coordinate and organise itself, and to do so neighbourhood by neighbourhood, city by city, through a totally effective and impressive horizontal network. Just look at what they achieved with the first of six stages of the general strike in Syria, when they called on everyone not to go to the mosque, not to go shopping, to close shops early, to stay at home, not to make telephone calls, to carry out some form of civil disobedience. ‘Dead Syria’, just like the ‘dead city’ that is often referred to.
We can see how impressive the organisation behind this is. What we have here is a population adopting the approach of civil disobedience and non-violent action. I do not really want to repeat what you have said regarding the report by the High Commissioner for Human Rights, and which was picked up by Mr Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, but I do not get the feeling at all that we are now on the brink of civil war. What is certain is that growing numbers of soldiers, including those in the Free Syrian Army, are assuming the role of protectors of the people in coordination with local committees.
It is absolutely essential that we offer our assistance in this very specific battle on the ground, which is being conducted in a non-violent manner with the Free Syrian Army offering defence and protection. This is where we must be effective, offering very simple but practical things: help with radios, communications, intelligence capabilities for the opposition, capabilities in the field of new technologies once sold to al-Assad, but which we must now supply to the opposition.
These are the concrete steps that we can take to strengthen their operational capability and I think ..."@en1
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