Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2012-07-03-Speech-2-589-000"

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dcterms:Date	"2012-07-03"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:EU-Israel agreement on conformity assessment and acceptance of industrial products (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
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lpv:speaker	lp:David Martin2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, I could not disagree more with Christopher Fjellner on this subject. It may be a technical upgrade of the relationship with Israel but there is no doubt there is a highly politicised move at this time. Adopting the ACAA is entirely out of sync with the EU’s ambition for policy coherence between trade, human rights, development and foreign policy. Tomorrow, we will vote on a resolution on EU policy in the West Bank and Jerusalem. Let us be coherent about how we tackle the suffering in the occupied territories and the increased trade benefits we give to Israel. We cannot turn a blind eye to the serious escalating human rights violations when we upgrade a trade agreement. More trade and easier trade should never be at the expense of upholding our commitments to human rights. The collective punishment of Gaza is unacceptable and until serious steps are taken by Israel to comply with international law, I strongly oppose this upgrade. I hope that the Commission is able to give detailed answers on how the ACAA would function in practice and how we would ensure that products manufactured in the settlements do not fall under the scope of the protocol. I disagree with Christofer’s analysis that this is never going to happen. This clarification would help with the ACAA but, at the moment, even with that clarification, I strongly believe it would be wrong in terms of policy coherence to upgrade our relationship with Israel and I will continue to oppose the ACAA until the situation between Israel and the Palestinians improves."@en1
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lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"David Martin (S&D )."1
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