Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-03-16-Speech-4-291"

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lpv:document identification number	"en.20000316.10.4-291"2
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lpv:speaker	lp:Gérard Caudron2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation to the EU-Poland Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-10-06--2002-01-14)3,3 unknown; Parti socialiste (1999-07-20--2002-07-09)3,3 member; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3,3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Cyprus Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-10-08--2002-01-14)3,3 substitute; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3,3 member_of_the_bureau; PES (1999-07-20--2002-01-16)3,3
lpv:translated text	"The European Commission presented this communication on countering racism in the candidate countries in response to the request by the Vienna European Council of 11 and 12 December 1998. I welcome the communication, which reflects the European Union’s resolve to help the candidate countries to combat racism, xenophobia and antisemitism with determination, and to satisfy the Copenhagen criteria relating to human rights, the for accession to the European Union. The profound process of transformation that has been under way in Central and Eastern Europe since 1989 has had its impact on the rise of racism, xenophobia and antisemitism. The high unemployment rate (formerly an unknown social phenomenon, but now officially recognised), which resulted from the economic reforms, is making people feel more insecure. All this creates fertile ground for the rise in forms of racism. There is a risk that the changes resulting from the implementation of the Community will further accentuate the social tensions in the candidate countries. So it is vital to take vigorous action without delay to help these countries to tackle these problems. This could be done through programmes such as PHARE (and more specifically “PHARE-Democracy”, now incorporated in the “European Initiative for Democracy and Human Rights”) and the MEDA programme for Turkey, which can provide back-up during these changes. The European Observatory of racism and xenophobia which will open its doors in Vienna on 10 April this year must also make a relevant contribution to continuing the fight against racism, xenophobia and antisemitism in the candidate countries. The report highlights one very acute problem in the candidate countries, the problem of respect for the rights of minorities. I am thinking particularly of the Roma, who face intolerable discrimination in several Central and Eastern European countries. I am also thinking, obviously, of the problem of the institutionalised discrimination against the Kurdish people. Let me take this opportunity to remind you that Mrs Leyla Zana, a Turkish parliamentarian of Kurdish origin, is still being held in Turkish jails after a parody of a trial. So far, all the pressure exerted by the European Parliament has had no effect on the Turkish authorities’ position. Sadly, Mrs Zana’s case is no exception! Turkey needs to make considerable progress in relation to respect for the Kurdish population. That is the condition for its accession to the European Union and there can be no compromise on that!"@en1
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