

2 Reasons for which EU Parliament's Russia and Turkey Reports are Not Debated in the Same Plenary !

...despite having been debated and voted inside the Foreign Affairs Committee in Brussels together, practicaly the Same Day (both on 5 and 11 May 2015. Comp. f.ex. : http://www.eurofora.net/newsflashes/news/mepsdenounceturkeyisilislamicterroristslinks.html)....
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=> "Black Humour" in the service of Peace ?
- Topical News offer an opportunity for an Imaginary (but Instructive) Encounter, between what could be two Actors trying to imitate Ukraine's and Cyprus' Presidents Poroshenko and Anastassiades, based on relevant Facts :
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(A)
"Poroshenko" : - "BRRR ! After raising an Army of more than 160.000 Ukranian Soldiers to Attack Donetsk/Luhansk regions with Tanks, Rockets, Military Helicopters, Bombing Airplanes, etc, resulting in more than 6.000 People Killed, a lot of Heavy Destructions and an awful Humanitarian Crisis there since 2014, at last, we succeeded to Find, more than one Yeat Later, 2 (Two) Wounded Persons suspected to have been Russian Soldiers !!... WE HAVE BEEN INVADED, and nobody knew that ! Now, we have the Proof..."
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"Anastassiades" : - "Calm down, my Friend Petro. I've seen Worse : More than 45.000 Turkish Soldiers are still, ostensibly, inside EU Member Country Cyprus, armed with Ankara's Tanks, Rockets, Military Ships, Airplanes, etc, at Military Camps, provocatively Parading with Turkey's Flags in the Occupied part of our Capital City, Nicosia, (just imagine something equivalent at Kiev !), already during more than 40 Years now, since 1974 ! Nevertheless, some MEPs want to Stop simply Calling verbally for the Withdrawal of Turkish Troops and the Respect of EU Member Country Cyprus' Territorial Integrity by Ankara's Army, and they even push forward Turkey's demand for Accession in the EU by opening Negotiation Chapters and giving to the Invador more EU Funds !...
=> Wonna Change place with me ? Eh ?...."
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(B)
"Poroshenko" : - "Our Government can't speak to non-democratically elected (sic) Separatists, which are no more than Armed Terrorists ! Even if Minsk Agreements ask DeCentralisation of Power, Humanitarian and Reconstruction Aid to Lugansk/Luhansk areas, Amnesty, and "Dialogue" for the preparation of Local Elections, etc., nevertheless, we refuse to discuss with them, unless they accept to hold, previously, Local Elections according to our (Kiev's) rules, i.e. with full participation of all our Parties, our Media Laws, (which are, by the way, very "Democratic" and "Respectful" of Press Freedoms, as it's well known to all involved..), etc., in brief, under the Conditions that we shall impose them, as well as to Close all External Borders towards Russia, the Sea, etc., which must be submited, beforehand, to the total Control of Kiev's Forces, (i.e. practicaly the same which now impose an Economic "Blockade" against the Bombarded Areas, which have already suffered from a lot of serious Destructions...
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"Anastassiades" : - "Drop it, Dear Petro... EU Member State Cyprus, which is an Independent Country about 35 Years earlier than Ukraine, (already since 1960, not only 1994), with a Distinct National identity Thousands of years old, (and, by the way : the 1st Country in History to decide itself to become Christian, already many Centuries before Russia/Ukraine, etc), has been Obliged not only to "Speak" with, but even to Negotiate with the Separatists gathered at the Territories of Cyprus illegaly Occupied by Turkey's Army more than 40 Years now, since the 1974 Turkish Military Invasion, from which, the Majority of its Lawful Inhabitants, who were always Greek Cypriots, Armenians or Maronites, since the Ancient Times, have been notoriously Chassed away since the Turkish Military Invasion, obliged to Flee and become Refugees/Displaced persons, still Hindered to Return to their Ancestral Land, nor to access their Family Homes and/or other Private Properties, Usurpated by the illegal Foreign Occupation regime, in a continuing and blatant, Massive Violation of ECHR's case-law, which has repeatedly Condemned Ankara for that. And such "Contacts", "Talks", or Negotiations, have to be often done Directly between the Separatists Turkish Cypriots Groups, set up and supported by Ankara's Foreign Military Intervention, as well as Financialy, many times even at the Highest Level, including myself, President of the Country, as You also are in Kiev, often in the presence of UN Special Envoys and several times even of UNO's Secretary General himself !
Moreover, they have obliged us, in EU Member Cyprus, to Talk only about a so-called "Federal" Solution, instead of the mere Local/Regional "DeCentralisation" that You have to face in Eastern Ukraine, (since You have clearly Refused any kind of "Federalisation" of your Country). In addition, the Future "Federated State" of the Minority of Turkish Cypriot separatists, would have to be even "Equal" with that of the Majority of Greek Cypriots, as they claim, (something which, from a Democratic point of view, doesn't seem clear at all)... Last, but not least, Ankara has Refused, until now, to Withdraw its Foreign Occupation Military Troops from Cyprus' territories, even if a Solution might be Agreed, claiming that it has to still keep them here for a long time, as a so-called Unilateral "Guarantee", (notoriously Rejecting EU, CoE, OSCE or UNO Interantional Multilateral Guarantees)...
=> Wonna Change place with me ? Eh ?... "
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(NDLR :
Any eventual Similarity with Real Personalities and/or Situations is a pure Coincidence, and only a matter of Chance....Believe it, or not !
If you feel to have found a case of "Double Standards", it might be only Your Imagination : Check the Facts first...)
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Speaking exclusively to "EuroFora", the New EU Parliament's President, former Polish Prime Minister, ChristianDemocrat/EPP MEP Jerzy Busek, welcomed proposals by EuroFora about innovative ways for EU Citizens to attend EU debates before important final decisions which affect people's lives.
- "We (EU Parliament) must be transparent", Buzek stressed from the outset. "We must have clear answers also for delicate questions. If we don't touch a problem, you must know why, and when shall we decide in the nearest future".. "Because "we (EU) must think about Europeans, first of all : They don't understand well what is going on in the EU. So, it's our duty to inform them, to make discussions here more interesting".
"EuroFora" congratulated President Buzek for the anouncement he made, from the 1st day of his election in Strasbourg (on Tuesday, 14 July 2009), on his intention to make transparent debates, exchanges of views, etc. before the final adoption of decisions in EU Parliament's Plenary, when issues are evolving inside Committees, (See earlier publication).
And we reminded, in this regard, that "EuroFora" has been advocating a project for EU Citizens' active involvement in pluralist EU debates before important EU decisions, since more than a Decade : 1997-2007+
- "Thank you. We (EU Parliament), indeed, have exciting debates", Buzek replied. But, in practice, "without a possibility for our Citizens to see them, not even by the Press, the Radio or TV, etc., because it is in Committees", he regreted.
- "But, they (i.e. Media, Citizens, etc) might interact with you, with MEPs, etc, May be we can imagine something", "EuroFora" proposed.
- "Yes, (but) it needs, a quite new idea", Buzed observed.
- "Why not through some innovations ?", "EuroFora" suggested.
- "Precisely, "EuroFora" has such a project, since more than a Decade (1997-2009), to use new technologies for public debates before major EU decisions are taken", we reminded.
- "If you have such proposals, please come to us, come to us. We must" do something, agreed the new EU Parliamen's President.
For that purpose, obviously information and debates are valuable, but purely instrumental, procedural means which can help focus on, and highlight a substantial content, attractive to EU Citizens, which needs to be determined by other, political, and not mediatic factors.
Buzek spoke about the urgent need to overcome the Global Economic Crisis, the struggle for Human and Civic Rights, Democracy, etc., the Eastern Partnership, links with Russia, strategic partnership with USA and emerging countries, etc.
But he also used (while speaking both to "EuroFora" and other Media) the expression : "The Europeans", for EU Citizens. This points right towards what several important EU leaders (including French President Sarkozy, German Chancellor Merkel, etc) have started to highlight particularly during the recent years : That there is a vital need, and an historic opportunity, for the development of a European Conscience, to stimulate e renaissance of a European Identity able to attract Popular support, for the EU to become a strong player in a Multopolar World : In other words, the revitalisation of a project for a "Political Europe".
By a coincidence, this was indirectly but surely reminded, earlier in Strasbourg, by another ... Busek (this time with a "s") :

Speaking to more than 650 participants from CoE's member countries, at the conclusion of the 2009 Summer University of its Political Schools, Erhard Busek, (with an "s"), former vice-Chancellor of Austria and EU Coordinator for South-Eastern Europe, pointed at the current need to revitalize Europe's "Identity", forged by Greek philosophy and Roman Law, Christian values and Enlightment's ideas, etc. through the ages.
- "We have almost the same name with Jerzy Buzek (EU Parliament's new President, who is a former Polish Prime Minister), because both our Families come ...from the same village, located at the Heart of Europe, which was often shared between Poland, Germany and the Czech Republic. But my family emmigrated a long time ago to Austria, while Jerzy Buzek's family remained in Poland", explained f. vice-Chancellor Erhard Busek to "EuroFora".
An astonishingly concrete and simple example of European Integration from the grassroots : Starting by EU Citizens, i.e. those "Europeans", that EU Parliament's new President, Jerzy Buzek (this time with a "z"), wants to bring alongside MEP's decision-making proces, (according to "EuroFora"'s main idea : Comp. supra)...