XL - Eiropas Parlaments - Europa

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Ioan Mircea Paşcu (S&D). – Mr President, last time some of us voiced our frustration over the mild tone of our public – I
repeat, public – pronouncements, not activity, on the events in Egypt before Mubarak’s resignation. Of course, in her
position, Lady Ashton is caught between a rock and a hard place, but if we want the EU’s voice to be heard it must be loud
enough to be heard.
Coming back to Egypt, based on my own experiences as a Romanian, I would expect the real difficulties to be only just
starting. Far from solving their concerns, the departure of the former President will complicate and multiply the problems
facing Egyptian society. Some of those problems, like the army not fulfilling the promise to organise free elections at the
set time or the denunciation of the Treaty with Israel, will affect us directly.
Nevertheless, I am encouraged by our willingness to try, through constant contact with the local authorities, to anticipate
such problems and prepare to intervene with the most appropriate means.
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Alexandra Thein (ALDE). – Herr Präsident, liebe Kolleginnen und Kollegen! Ich komme aus Berlin, und die ganze Welt
hat sich damals mit uns Berlinern gefreut, als die Grenze in unserer Stadt fiel und die Grenzen sich überall in Osteuropa
öffneten. Jetzt, im Fall Ägyptens, haben wir zu spät, zu zurückhaltend und vor allem zu wenig emotional reagiert. Wo war
unsere Freude? Jedes zweite Wort von uns war nur „Bewahrung der Stabilität“. Aber Freiheit ist das Wichtigste für jeden
Menschen auf der Welt.
Gerade wir Deutschen wissen, wovon wir sprechen. Das, was wir in Ägypten hatten, war keine Stabilität, sondern es war
Unterdrückung. Freiheit und Stabilität können jederzeit Hand in Hand gehen. Deshalb dürfen wir den Ägyptern nicht
vorschreiben, wen sie zu wählen haben. Sofern die Wahlen fair und demokratisch ablaufen, müssen wir das Ergebnis
anerkennen und dürfen uns nicht anmaßen – wie wir es damals in Palästina oder auch schon in Algerien getan haben –, zu
urteilen, ob wir die Gewählten anerkennen oder nicht. Wir müssen die Wahl anerkennen.
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Franziska Katharina Brantner (Verts/ALE). – Mr President, I would like to say to Mr Füle that we really need to focus
on insisting on a transition to civilian government, and on making sure that the military regime now in place will fulfil its
promises.
I think that a committee has now been set up to work on the constitution, but there is not a single woman in it. That it is
rather a pity when we consider how many women – young women – were in the streets making sure that this democratic
transition, this revolution, includes the whole of society. So, we need to support them, we need to demand, when you go
there and when Baroness Ashton goes there, to meet with women: to meet not only those who might be called ‘the usual
suspects’ but also those who were involved in the revolution and whose voices are not so often heard.
We have to insist on all prisoners being released and on an investigation being conducted into the violence that has
occurred. Lastly, I think that Baroness Ashton is right: this is a time to think big. This is about EU trade, about visas, about
money – and it is about courage.
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Struan Stevenson (ECR). – Mr President, at the beginning of this debate, the Commissioner praised the courage of the
young people who took to the streets in Egypt and Tunisia and created the uprising.
Hundreds of thousands took to the streets in Teheran and other cities in Iran on Monday and were brutally suppressed.
They were crushed. One young student was killed. Others have been tortured and taken to prison where they will no doubt
be executed for trying to rise up against that fascist regime.
Why do we never say anything to encourage them? Why are we like rabbits caught in the headlights when it comes to
dealing with the Mullahs in Teheran? Why do we say nothing to condemn the brutal psychological torture and siege of the
3 400 opposition Iranians in Camp Ashraf? It is time we took action and showed that we support the Iranian opposition.
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Νικόλαος Σαλαβράκος (EFD). – Κύριε Πρόεδρε, με τις πρόσφατες λαϊκές εξεγέρσεις και όσες άλλες απειλούνται στη
μεσογειακή περίμετρο της Αφρικής πρέπει να προβληματιστούμε βαθύτερα. Πρέπει να δούμε ποια είναι η μήτρα των
εξεγέρσεων αυτών· αν είναι η φτώχεια, η θρησκεία, η αδικία, η διαφθορά, η έλλειψη δημοκρατίας και ελευθερίας· τι
ακριβώς θέλουν οι άνθρωποι αυτοί οι οποίοι εξεγείρονται κατά των καθεστώτων, τα οποία μέχρι προχθές ψήφιζαν και εδώ
και 30 και 40 χρόνια τα είχαν σαν οδηγό και κυβερνήτη τους.
Παρατηρώ ότι εμφανιζόμαστε στην αίθουσα αυτή να θεωρούμαστε ότι εμείς είμαστε το άντρο και ο ναός της πλήρους
δημοκρατίας. Η πρώτη λύση που δίνουμε είναι χρήματα. Μα χρήματα είχαν και τα εξαφάνιζαν μερικοί επιτήδειοι! Πρέπει
όμως να δούμε ότι το θέμα είναι η γεωπολιτική αστάθεια, οι ανακατατάξεις που μπορεί να φέρει στην περιοχή, οι
επιπτώσεις των λαϊκών αντιδράσεων και οι νέες ισορροπίες που θα προκύψουν.