Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-09-21-Speech-4-048"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-09-21"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Racism2
dcterms:Language	"it"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20000921.2.4-048"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-09-21-Speech-4-0492
lpv:speaker	lp:Francesco Enrico Speroni2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3 member; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Lega Nord per l'indipendenza della Padania (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Members from the European Parliament to the Joint Parliamentary Assembly of the Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Union (ACP-EU) (1999-10-05--2002-01-14)3 co-chair; TGI (1999-07-22--2001-10-02)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, this is a valuable report, but it remains to be seen whether it will actually be followed up by those responsible. It is valuable, although there are some omissions: for example, there is no mention of one form of institutional racism, the denial of the right of self-determination of peoples. Sadly, the European Union has much to learn in this area: it has conferred the status of candidate country on Turkey, which denies this right, in the same way, moreover, that China denies this right to Tibet, and yet the whole world is in favour of improving relations with China for economic reasons. In relation to this report, I would like to focus particularly on Amendment No 6 – which I hope will be rejected – which cites the political movement to which I belong as a racist party. Now, there are very strict laws against racism in Italy. The judiciary is by no means lenient towards my political movement: our secretary has been convicted on several occasions and prosecuted a number of times, but never for racism. The party leaders, and I myself, are under investigation on grounds of separatism, which is punishable by imprisonment, but no member of my movement has been either convicted or brought to trial for racism or acts of violence. I therefore do not understand why we are being accused of racism. I belong to the Lega Nord, not to Mr Haider’s movement, and I therefore fail to understand why the two should be confused. I reiterate: in Italy, my movement is not currently arraigned on charges of racism and has never been convicted of racism in the past, and I therefore fiercely reject this accusation. The statements of those jokers who persist, year in, year out, in asserting to the contrary, are pure fabrication."@en1

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