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"The defence of fundamental rights cannot and must not become the ideological flag of any particular group, but must be the joint heritage of all citizens. Reading the pages of the Swiebel Report, however, it can be inferred that this important commitment to everybody’s rights is being transformed into an accusation against some quarters: in particular Italy and those who, in Italy, took the liberty of voting against the rapporteur’s wishes.
Also with regard to defence of the family and related values, the report takes a one-sided, prejudiced view, which is certainly legitimate for a political group, but which cannot and must not become a common position of the European Union. Apart from religious aspects – which, nevertheless, cannot be completely overlooked, given the importance attached to Christian culture in Europe – the report completely ignores the great social and educational value undeniably inherent in the traditional couple, intended as a basic cell in the connective tissue of society. Defence of the right of individuals to conduct their relationships in their preferred manner is sacrosanct, but the European institutions cannot, in my view, equate these relationships with the social institution of the family in its traditional meaning."@en1
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