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"I have for many years, in word and deed, been committed to the anti-fascist struggle and the struggles for equal rights and against xenophobia. However, recent events – firstly, what were really threats by the Council of Ministers, then Mr Prodi’s threats against the Austrian Commissioner and, finally, the present decision – are things I cannot support. I have not been able to vote in favour of the present decision even though I agree with many of its premises. What we have here, first and foremost, is an incredibly ominous mixture of power, arrogance and impotence on the part of the European Union. Not only do these decisions conflict with the Treaty and apportion to the institutions of the Union more power than that to which they are entitled but, worst of all, their effect will be counter-productive. They will not weaken Mr Haider and the FPÖ. On the contrary, they will strengthen them. We shall obtain the very opposite of what we want. That is not how you combat racism and a swing to the right."@en1
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