Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-04-09-Speech-3-050"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-04-09"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Enlargement2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030409.3.3-050"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-04-09-Speech-3-0512
lpv:speaker	lp:Nelly Maes2
lpv:spokenAs	vice-chair; G/EFA (2002-01-08--2004-07-19)3 unknown; België Spirit (2002-01-08--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Slovak Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)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) (2002-02-06--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Development and Cooperation (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, the fact that there is such a racket going on outside naturally means that people in here are not paying proper attention, and I think that what is going on outside is scandalous. Although I have every sympathy for social abuses, I do think that it is a bit steep that the best paid officials in Europe should be expressing themselves in this way on a day on which we are welcoming the worst paid and the least prosperous people in Europe. Today, however, we are voting for the future of half a billion people, for a future of peace and peaceful coexistence in tolerance and in diversity. The future does not lie in a world in which one world superpower and a couple of large Member States in Europe call the shots. The future lies in the self-determined cooperation and coexistence of many small ones. Today we would like to wholeheartedly welcome all those small ones and the big ones with minorities in their territories. Although I endorse what our group chairman, Mr Cohn-Bendit, has just said, I would like to place the emphasis on the minorities and their lot. Legislation that is still in place today as a condemnation resulting from so-called collective guilt should be a thing of the past. The Beneš decrees are an obstacle in the path of reconciliation between the state and its own citizens, not only in the Czech Republic but also in Slovakia. Let me turn, secondly, to the Roma minority, which, in many countries, is severely discriminated against and socially disadvantaged. It is a nation without a country, and its identity and culture must be respected and viewed as a driving force for social and economic development. My third point is that the Soviet Union's policies have resulted in the creation of Russian minorities in certain Member States. We are arguing in favour of recognising all languages and all minorities, but we must also continue to recognise the rights of the speakers of historic languages to use them in their own regions and to have them recognised, including as a basis for education. This not only applies to the accession countries but also to our own Member States. Recognition of the small ones is our guarantee of democracy in Europe."@en1

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