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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-07-06"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia2
dcterms:Language	"de"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20000706.12.4-282"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-07-06-Speech-4-2832
lpv:speaker	lp:Hannes Swoboda2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Sozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3,3 substitute; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3,3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-10-08--2002-01-14)3,3 vice-chair; Delegation for relations with South-east Europe (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3,3 vice-chair; PES (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3,3 member; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3,3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I am deliberately refraining from entering into these cheap polemics, especially on the part of Mr Pirker, but want to keep the discussion at a certain level and stick to the facts. It is a fact that the Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia did indeed face difficulties in the first weeks, which were politically motivated, and that Mr Pirker in particular grossly insulted the head of the Centre, whom he has cited today as a witness to show how well things are going. It is a fact – and I noted that in my first statement today; the ladies and gentlemen who talk so big were not even there on Monday – that things have, thank God, improved because Dr Winkler, the head of the Centre, has endeavoured, as has the new Austrian Government representative, to straighten it all out. But it is also a fact that the situation remains precarious; and here I, like Dr Winkler, must also state that unfortunately not just the Austrian Government but also some other governments do not give the Monitoring Centre sufficient support. There certainly is an urgent need to call on all the governments – as I propose – to support the Monitoring Centre. But it is also a fact that, sad to say, the referendum announced for Austria, which representatives of the European and in particular the Austrian People’s Party who are sitting here in this Chamber opposed only a few days ago, could dangerously aggravate the situation and mood in Austria again; for it is reviving anti-European feelings that will certainly not do the work of this Monitoring Centre any good. And that is why I want to state my view here and call on the government, on those responsible in that government, not to hold that referendum, so as not to stir up new hatred, not to reawaken an anti-European mood again – something a party like the Austrian People’s Party, which was always pro-European, is in fact unlikely to want. I am firmly against that kind of anti-European mood and I place my hopes in this House."@en1

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