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French President Hollande +EU chair, Cyprus EU aff. Minister Mavroyanis to EuroFora on SDP Dual Tech

Written by ACM
Thursday, 13 December 2012
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*Brussels/EU Summit/Angelo Marcopolo/- French President Hollande, speaking to "EuroFora", confirmed the key importance of "Dual", Civil and Military Technologies In Security/Defense Policies at Tomorrow's Agenda of EU Brussels' December 2012 Summit :


-  "The discussion, (among 27 EU Heads of State/Governmets) of EU's common Security and Defense Policy is for Tomorrow (Friday's) Agenda, confirmed President Francois Hollande to "EuroFora", just after the conclusion of his 1st Press Conference on the currently on-going EU Brussels' Summit.


+ And, most important : - "Yes, the issue (crucial :See infra) of the so-called "Dual aspects" of certain SDP policies, (i.e. able to serve both  Civil and Military purposes), which help develop Technology", is, indeed, naturally included in such EU Summit's discussions, President Hollande agreed positively with "EuroFora"'

+ This issue had been already evoked by "EuroFora" also with thenew French Minister for Defense, Le Drian, earlier in Strasbourg : See : http://www.eurofora.net/newsflashes/news/frenchdefenceministerondualpolicy.html )

                                                                                                  
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Key EU Member Countries, as, f.ex., current and incoming EU Council's rotating Chairmanships by Cyprus  (7-12/2012) and Ireland (1-6/2013), etc., would find Interesting the development of EU's Security and Defence Policy, despite their well known Opposal to many aspects of traditional Armies, NATO, etc., particularly as regards its possible and growing "Dual" dimension, i.ed.useful also in order top boost Scientific and Technological innovation, etc., under certain conditions, said to "EuroFora" the experienced EU Affairs Minister of Cyprus, current EU Council's rotating chairman-in-office, Andreas Mavroyiannis, speaking in Brussels, just before the present December 2012 EU Summit shapes the outline of crucial discussions and dedisions scheduled for an exceptional EU Council next year, (2013), in principle Tomorrow (Friday) Morning.

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- The Indispensable "Single Supervisory System", for all EU Banks, which was just agreed earlier this Day by ECOFIN in Brussels, triggering an unprecedented "Twitt" of joy by EU President Van Rompuy, exceptionaly diffused in EU Press Center's screens (See Photo)... 

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+ Earlier this week, experienced EU Commissioner Michel Barnier, speaking to "EuroFora" during EU Parliament's Plenary Session in Strasbourg, welcomed the adoption, (for the 1st time after ..40 Years of previously vain efforts !), of EU Patent, which makes possible to protect Inventions with much lesser Cost and Faster than before, so that even SME's could now afford what was in the Past, practically reserved only to Big Corporations, and opens new prospects for EU Economy in front of Global Competition f.ex. by USA, China, etc., where Patents are much Cheaper and Faster, particularly at a crucial moment, when Innovation is widely considered as a main Key for the best way out of the Global Crisis. Thus, f.ex., the frustration expressed to "EuroFora"s co-Founder, already as early as back from 2005 during CoE's Warsaw Summit, by a couple of Polish Scientists, on the Bureaucratic obstacles they faced in Brussels when they tried to get some Patents for their Inventions, leaving them astonished in compariso with the much more Simple, Fast and wider pâtent protection in the USA, can, at last, become soon a problem of the Past..

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 - Indeed, "after an Historic Vote, Today (Tuesday), by EU Parliament's Plenary in Strasbourg, and the Agreement, obtained thanks also to the Good Work done by Cyprus' EU Council's Presidency, Yesterday (Monday) in Brussels, now, once completed also a purely Technical period of organisation, I hope that the 1st EU Patent would be awarded f.ex. to an European SME, at the latest in the 1st Semester of 2004", said earlier the competent EU Commissioner, Michel Barnier to "EuroFora".

But, now, EU President Van Rompuy has already anounced that EU Summit intends to discuss and adopt, Tomorrow, Friday, a 1st, general Outlline of the Issues due to be decided on EU's Security and Defense Policy at an Exceptional EU Summit scheduled for Final Conclusions on December 2012.

A decisive Advance on EU's SDP had already been scheduled, earlier, mainly during France's rotating, 2008 EU Council's Presidency, but a series of Unforseen, exceptional and serious Events, all Triggered from areas located and networks controlled from Outside of the EU, (such as, f.ex., the August 2008 Georgia - Russia War, and/or the Autumn 2008 Global Economic Crisis notoriously started at the USA, etc., undermined the Time available, practically Hindering the French 2008 EU rotating Presidency to advance, together with its Allies, (i.e. Germany and several other EU Countries), towards the initially scheduled aims. ,

However, even Today, one might hesitate about the Timing and/or the importance given to ESDP¨issues, simply because of the notorious, traditional Reluctance of the current and forthcoming EU Council's rotating Chairmanships, now by Cyprus, afterwards from Ireland, to boost "Millitarism", as many see it.

=> Right here,  the interesting point , obviously is that that a Key for a Solution of a great part of the "Dual" Aspects  of ESDP is, indeed, the fact that they include also "Civic", and not Militarist activities :

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 >>> - "All various aspects which could be developed through a possible EU Security and Defence policy concerning f. ex. Scientific and Technological, Developmet, etc., "are, indeed, of Great Interest for us,  except from Militarism and/or NATO issues", clearly distinguished EUC chair, Cyprus'  EU affairs Minister Andreas Mavrogiannis, speaking earlier to "EuroFora", about projects stimulated, precisely, by Defense contracts, which have notoriously allowed f.ex. to the USA to boost its Industry via Pentagon-related,strategic commands in cutting-edge Technologies..

Mavroyanis works closely together  wiith Cyprus' Foreign Minister, Erato Marcouli on foreign and defence policy issues.

A logical stance with which would, apparently, agree also the forthcoming EU Council's rotating Chairmanship by Ireland, (January-June 2013), etc.  

 

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Hu Jia's prize brings SAKHAROV's wife to "EuroFora" on murders of Journalists Politkofskaya, Gongadze and Adali :

- Elena Bonner : "All Journalists' murders must be fully investigated", without Double Standards.                                                                                    

During a special Mega-Event to celebrate 20 Years of SAKHAROV Prize for "Freedom of Thought", attributed in 2008 by EU Parliament to jailed Chinese Cyber-Dissident Hu JIA, the move was reinforced by strongly criticizing the persisting impunity in three cases of Journalists' Murders, such as POLITKOVSKAYA in Russia, GONGADZE in Ukraine, and ADALI in Turkish-occupied part of Cyprus.

Any bureaucratic doubt about whether Cyber-dissidents like Hu JIA might have, or not, a right to be protected as all Journalists must be, particularly when they take risks to search, find and publish original and critical News on issues of general interest to the society, could not resist to the emotion provoked by the message of his Wife, Zeng JINYAN spectacularly transmitted at a big screen in EU Parliament's hemicycle :

- "The most important and most interesting thing he did was to ... say the Truth :.. to write about the phenomena he observed... He never stopped Publishing.. on websites, so that the Public could learn about the reality .. and understand it.  In my view, this has been his greatest contribution", stressed the young wife of the jailed man, eager to cite also the cases of other critical journalists who faced various kinds of "harassment".

 - "Welcoming all those who have suffered for defending Human Rights", EU Parliament's President, German MEP Hans Gert POETTERING, who had invited to Strasbourg all former Sakharov prize-winners from various Countries throughout the World, said that "China needs Europe, and Europe needs China : A great nation" with which "we want to have a good relationship", "association and ..friendship". "But we are never going to stop our fight for Human Rights, and No Government can expect this from us".

    - "It's impossible  to achieve goals of Peace, if Human Rights are left out. In fact, Peace and Human Rights are intrinsequaly linked", added POETTERING.

    It's in this spirit that MEPs adopted, on Thursday, a Resolution denouncing that "the criminal
investigation and trial following the murder of (a) Journalist ...raises serious concerns with regard to transparency and respect for the rule of law", when a "brutal killing has not yet been fully investigated and solved in a satisfactory way".

    The text refered to dissident Journalist "Anna POLITOVSKAYA", a critic of Tchechen conflict, killed some years ago in Moscow, where Russian Authorities have found, arrested and are currently judging two executants, while also searching to arrest also a 3rd one, allegedly escaped in Belgium. But they have not yet found the instigators.

     Similar texts were adopted recently also on dissident Ukranian Journalist Georgiy GONGADZE's murder, for which Ukranian Authorities have at least found, arrested and condemned 2 executants to 12 and 13 Years of jail, but not yet the instigators. For that purpose, they recently accepted an International Experts team to participate to the investigations.     

But, it's only for the Murder of dissident Turkish Cypriot Journalist ADALI, in the occupied territories of Cyprus, that Turkey has NOT yet found ANYONE responsible, and even claimed recently inside CoE that it would be "impossible" to do so !    

These astonishing differences exist despite the fact that ECHR condemned alike Ukraine and Turkey with 2 Judgements on the same year : 2005, for the murders of  Journalists GONGADZE and ADALI, strong critics of Corruption in Ukraine, and of Ankara's policies on mass-influx of Turkish Settlers in the Occupied Territories of Cyprus, respectively.    

Regarless of that, CoE's Committee of Ministers, who is entrusted with the duty to supervise execution of ECHR's judgements, has just asked Ukraine's Government to reply to further questions on Gongadze's murder before March 2009, while Turkey, curiously, got a longer postponement for answering questions on Adali's murder, until June...   

A comparison of these cases, raises serious questions about Double Standards :

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On TRANSPARENCY :
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    On Gongadze's murder, CoE's body speaks even about the participation of
"an INTERNATIONAL group of Experts" in the Investigation, (f.ex. of "Tape Recordings"), accepted by Ukraine.
    On the contrary, on Adali's murder, CoE is obliged to repeatedly ask (for a 2nd
time) Turkey whether, at least, it informed the victims' Family, or not...
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- On EFFICIENCY :
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On Gongadze's murder, CoE formally "recalls that the Committee (of Ministers) ..URGED the Ukranian authorities.. to TAKE ALL NECESSARY INVESTIGATIVE STEPS TO ACHIEVE CONCRETE and VISIBLE RESULTS in the INVESTIGATION, aimed at the Identification of the INSTIGATORS and Organisers of the Murder", and "STRONGLY INVITED the Ukranian Authorities to provide information on the PROGRESS IN THE INVESTIGATION", before MARCH 2009.

But, on Adali's murder, on the contrary, CoE's body merely .. "took note" of the "arguments presented by" Cyprus, which denounce the absence of any proof of new "investigation" by Turkey. Following Turkey's own suggestion (!), it simply "noted" that there is "no limitation period" for "any new element" to "lead potentialy (sic !) to a Re-Opening of the Investigation". Without saying who might find any such "new" fact, since Turkey stoped searching... It also POSTPONED the issue until .. JUNE  !
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 - On the PUNISHMENT OF THOSE RESPONSIBLE :
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 -  On Gongadze's murder case, Ukranian Authorities already arrested and condemned, at least 2 suspects, to 12 and 13 Years of jail. And on Politkovskaya's murder at least 2 suspects are judged, and a 3rd one "wanted".

On the contrary, on Adali's murder case, the Turkish authorities simply claim that "it had not been possible to obtain new .. information .. on the basis of which criminal charges could be brought against ANY person" !...

Moreover,  a LETTER sent by Turkey ...2 Years after CoE's 2006 call to re-investigate anew Adali's murder case, is totally EMPTY of Facts ! As Cypus' Delegation denounced earlier, Turkey's Letter ONLY CLAIMS that a "New Investigation" was made without any result, but does NOT even cite ANY FACT to prove it :

F.ex.,on the crucial issue of the "MOTIVATIONS" behind Adali's murder, noted by ECHR, Turkey MERELY CLAIMS that "all allegations  were investigated; without result", but OMITS ANY FACT TO PROVE IT !..(It doesn't even remind which were these "allegations").. .

+ On ECHR's astonishment that the Turkish Occupation regime didn't produce any "BALLISTIC REPORT" on the Shots which murdered Adali, Turkey again repeats, 12 years later, that, still, even until now, "it  was not possible to obtain the BalisticReport"...

- As for the astonishing absence of key-WITNESSES' Testimonies, denounced by ECHR, Turkey agains repeats various pretexts avoiding to reveal anything, (Fex. that a person "left" the Occupied Territories  "on 2002", or that another witness was heard, but without revealing nothing of what he said, etc).

Turkey obviously "FAILS TO MEET THE CRITICISM made BY THE COURT" for lack of any efficient Investigation in Adali's case, concluded Cyprus' Government.
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Replying to our Question which COMPARED these 3 outstanding cases of "JOURNALISTS MURDERS", Adali, Gongadze and Politkovskaya, in order to avoid "Double Standards" by asking from Ukraine and Russia more than what is asked EU candidate Turkey, many European personalities were critical /

They criticised Ankara's recent claim at the CoE to stop investigating, because it would be "impossible to find anyone" responsible for the 5 bullet shots which killed Kutlu ADALI in front of his Family Home, contrary to the other two Journalists' murders, where Ukraine and Russia at least arrested the executants, searching now for the instigators :
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    - "Where was that ? In Turkish Occupied Cyprus ? WITHOUT ANY DOUBT : Any murder of Journalist should be investigated in full ! All these Murders must be investigated !", replied the famous SAKHAROV's wife, Elena BONNER to our question on Adali's case, compared to Gongadze and Politofskaya.

    Elena Bonner spoke us EXCLUSIVELY shortly after being honored by the President
of EU Parliament on the occasion of 20 Years of her husband's SAKHAROV Prize.

    A strong personality, Sakharov's wife even had to struggle against an anonymous EU staffer who, astonishingly, tried to stop her speaking when h heard our question on "Turkey" (!) : - "Please, let me translate, she continues
speaking, don't stop us !", had to cry Sakharov's daughter, (a Journalist
herself), who was translating her mothers' reply, (obliged to speak louder to
make her voice heard despite the harassment).. (= + Audio Proof !)

    Earlier, Elena Bonner also fustigated "Double Standards" at another case, on
Western countries' attitude vis a vis Kosovo and the Kurds : -F.ex. "You have
recognized a few 400.000 Kosovars as an "independent" country, but you still
deny that to 30 millions of Kurds in Turkey !", she denounced.
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    - "This (ADALI's murder) is an issue which should be pursued by the Committee
for Human Rights. That's why we have one, and it's its duty to examine cases of
Journalists' murders as the one you referred to. You should bring the case in
front of that Committee", suggested in reply to our question on Adali, EU
Parliament's President, German MEP Hans Gert POETTERING.

    - "It's impossible  to achieve goals of PEACE, if HUMAN RIGHTS are left out :
in fact, Peace and Human Rights are intrinsequaly linked", added POETTERING.
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    + "For us (European/International Federation of Journalists) it's clear :
Whenever a Journalist is Murdered, the Investigation should continue until
those Responsible are found !", replied earlier to another question on ADALI
EFJ/IFJ's Secretary General, Aidan WHITE.

    Speaking as a matter of General Principle, White asked us for "concrete data"
on the execution of ECHR's judgement on Adali case, in order to "look at it in
depth" and "make a formal statement", in comparison with the other Murdered
Journalist case, also pending at CoE's  Ministers for completing its execution,
on Ukranian Gongadze.
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     From EU Rapporteur on Human Rights, vice-President of EU Parliament Liberties' Committee, MEP Giusto CATANIA, we were told that, since there is an ECHR judgement in both Adali and Gongadge's cases, "Turkey must naturally execute the judgement and make a full and efficient investigation, until those responsible for the Journalist's murder are found and punished".

    Even if "we (Catania's "EuroLeft" Group) support Turkey's EU perspectives, this does not mean that Ankara should not behave properly. On the contrary, it means that they have to meet tough conditions, particularly on Human Rights", was added on the occasion of Adali's murder case.

    Moreover, "since you raise the issue of Mr. Adali's muder as a part of a Series of Journalist's murders, including fex. Gongadze, Politkovskaya, ao., tthen we (EU) could also act together with CoE's Commissioner on Human Rights, Thomas HAMMARBERG, it was suggested.

    - "We (EU) must step up efforts against the problem of IMPUNITY : Real Peace cannot exist without Justice",  stressed also this week at EU Parliament in Strasbourg, French Minister on Human Rights, Mrs Rama YADE.
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