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Wednesday, 23 October 2019 - Strasbourg Revised edition

The situation in Iraq, in particular the violent suppression of young people’s and students' protests (debate)
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  Georgios Kyrtsos, on behalf of the PPE Group. – Mr President, we have a crisis between Iran and Saudi Arabia, unrest in Lebanon, an invasion in Syria and other developments that underline the importance of a stable Iraq in a complex and volatile region. Iraq’s economy is recovering from 20 years of armed conflict that include the years of presence of the so-called Islamic State in its territory. The potential of the country is huge. Iraq is already the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries’ (OPEC) second biggest producer with the production of 4.6 million barrels a day. Economists predict 3.6% growth in 2019 and 4% in 2020.

We should therefore ask the government of Iraq to use the economic potential of the country to address the grievances of the population that led to the recent social unrest. The government lost control of the situation and the security forces. We should exert our influence in favour of the implementation of the 13-point reform programme announced by the government and in favour of an independent investigation into who is responsible for the death of more than 100 protesting citizens.

 
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