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I regret the fact that some Members of this Parliament are still proving unable to resist the temptation of using Parliament texts, in flagrant breach of the EU’s competences, and counter to the principle of subsidiarity, to encroach on the sphere reserved for Member States, getting involved in all sorts of issues, sometimes rightly, sometimes wrongly, in the service of plain ideological sectarianism, even in matters of the utmost political and social sensitivity. This was the case, in particular, with the deplorable Amendment No 20, by means of which it was sought, quite mistakenly, to enshrine a new definition of the concept of ‘the family’. Fortunately, common sense prevailed and the plenary rejected this utterly inappropriate and abusive amendment by an overwhelming majority.
The report did, however, contain other, albeit less serious, examples of attempts to use and abuse a subject of such relevance and interest to all citizens – social security systems – in order to impose visions that lack consensus and challenge the distribution of powers and competences within the EU.
Although I did not vote against the report – due to the fact that Amendment No 20 has been rejected – I could only abstain in the final vote."@en1
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