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"en.19991007.5.4-074"2
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"Mr President, after almost twenty years and despite the commitment of the Italian magistracy and the association of the victims’ families, we still do not know the truth about the Ustica tragedy, a tragedy which affected Italian public opinion and also the wider European public opinion. The inquiries were made more difficult by the reticence and lack of cooperation shown by some countries, including countries which are Members of the European Union as well as the very Alliance which guaranteed security in Europe during those years. The mystery which continues to surround the catastrophe has ended up casting serious doubts on Italy’s democratic life and its very independence. Now, a judgement made by the Italian magistracy has outlined various scenarios which provide for military operations along the very route taken by the DC9 that disappeared into the Mediterranean that evening. Transparency is therefore an issue. Transparency is a value which this Parliament referred to decisively during the first weeks of its activities and the public has the right to trust both political and military institutions. However, we believe that it is right for the European Parliament to ask the Member States – which can participate in ascertaining the truth – to provide the magistracy with all the documentation necessary to definitively identify who was to blame. This is the moral and political significance of this joint resolution and is the reason for the urgency."@en1
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