Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2012-03-14-Speech-3-418-000"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2012-03-14"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Outcome of the presidential elections in Russia (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"pl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20120314.25.3-418-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2012-03-14-Speech-3-419-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Paweł Robert Kowal2
lpv:spokenAs	member; SEDE (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; Conference of Delegation Chairs (2009-09-29--2014-06-30)3 member; PECH (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Polska Jest Najważniejsza (2011-02-21--2014-01-13)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Moldova Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; AFET (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 chair; Delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2009-09-29--2014-06-30)3 substitute; ITRE (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I have the impression that both our pragmatism and our importance in the world today demand that in this House, we say what those elections were really like. Perhaps the simplest solution would be not to adopt any resolution at all, if while we sit here, having been returned in democratic elections held across Europe, we cannot see the difference between elections which are democratic and elections which quite simply do not deserve to be called elections. So perhaps sometimes, we should simply not adopt a resolution, but if we do, we should put it in a single sentence: not everyone who wanted to stand in these elections was able to do so, and these elections have not contributed anything to democracy – they have nothing to do with democracy at all. Today, it is this kind of realism which we need, and not a realism in which we write things that are not true and in which we write these things over and over again and then become the object of ridicule. I say this because we, too, are losing the position we have enjoyed as the European Parliament, and the European Union is not being treated as a serious organisation. So today, I would like us to tell it like it is in Russia, since we have decided to draft this resolution, but if not, then sometimes in life it is better to say nothing. Secondly, we have to speak to those who are on the streets and say to them that we understand the young generation and its protests. Russia is not any different from any other post-Soviet country. We must tell them very clearly that if force is used, we will take the same action as we have taken in every other case, and the use of force must today be a borderline which we set, here in this House. We have to be certain that on this issue, we are now definitely in agreement – both we, who sit on this side of the House, and those who sit on that side. I am in no doubt that this also includes Mr Swoboda, whom I know and respect. This should be said clearly here, today."@en1
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