Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-09-03-Speech-3-192"
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"Mr President, one of the problems with reports of this kind is that fundamental rights are given a politically flavoured explanation, which is subsequently prescribed as absolute standard. This annual report contains yet again many painful areas. For example, in paragraph 33, the Member States are requested to promote the principle of secular neutrality, which does not rule out the teaching of the history of religions in school, but this in fact flies in the face of the rights enshrined in the Dutch Constitution by outlawing religious classes themselves. Indeed, it is possible to opt for special education in the Netherlands, a right which is assumed by many, including Christians, people with non-religious ideologies and now also Muslims. It is downright ridiculous to find such a thoughtless, ill-formulated statement in an EP report. What is it anyway, this principle of neutrality? Politics, and therefore a government, is never neutral. This once again sums up what happens every year when this report comes out."@en1
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