Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2012-04-17-Speech-2-124-000"

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dcterms:Date	"2012-04-17"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Situation in Syria (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"el"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20120417.16.2-124-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2012-04-17-Speech-2-125-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Takis Hadjigeorgiou2
lpv:spokenAs	vice-chair; EUL/NGL (2012-02-07--2014-06-30)3 member; AFET (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Armenia, EU-Azerbaijan and EU-Georgia Parliamentary Cooperation Committees (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 substitute; ITRE (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Progressive Party of Working People - Left - New Forces (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, there can be no doubt that the European Union and Parliament are standing idly by as civilians are being massacred in States in our region, even where such massacres are being directed by the leaders of those States. However, I think that it is right, at the same time, for us to bear two things in mind and to put them in the balance. How many thousand dead must be put on one side of the scale before we accept that it balances a questionable democracy in the future; I do not think that there are many people here in this Chamber who believe that fifty thousand or more fatalities in Iraq balance the fact that Iraq now has what I referred to earlier: a questionable democracy. We need to support the view that no arms should be exported to Syria, regardless of by what method or what route, and we also need to support the Annan plan without accepting any infringements in respect of Syria. That is the only way we shall understand the clout that Syria has in the area. I do not agree with the stand that Syria or China should be disregarded. Whether we like it or not, members of the UN Security Council are acting out of geostrategic interests and what we should be interested in is the outcome. In other words, no more people should die in Syria. Precluding the facility for Syria to import arms, together with our insistence that the Annan plan be applied in full to Syria, is – I think – the only way to contain the situation and the bloodshed."@en1
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