Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-02-03-Speech-4-079"
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"Madam President, I had a major problem with this resolution. Finally, I abstained on the vote for a number of reasons.
I was in sympathy with the EDD Group amendment, talking about rejecting the interference of the EU in the formation of governments of Members States but I had to abstain because it just followed on the condemnation of xenophobia, racism, etc. and I felt that it might be misinterpreted. However, I do wonder about the wisdom of this.
Firstly, there is the question of trying to combat intolerance with intolerance and the long-term consequences of that. I also wonder about the wisdom of the EU and its reaction to the formation of the government in Austria and how that is going to affect public opinion there. At the moment it seems that the Haider Party is getting more support rather than less from the opposition by outside governments. Even America has now said that it is considering breaking off diplomatic relations. We wonder if this is actually feeding the flames of xenophobia and the parties and people that support it. I really think that people should be extremely cautious.
If you want to combat xenophobia and racism, and I believe that we should, we need to look at the root causes. We need to look at the people who vote for these parties, and understand why this situation arises. It is not a situation that most people in this Parliament want, but we need to be careful about the approach we take, so that we do not in the end up with the opposite of what we are trying to achieve."@en1
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