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"Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, once again, we have before us a report which has now become rather a routine event. We should therefore all be sitting here calmly, but, as you can see, it is a report which still provokes heated debate after four years. Moreover, we are discussing principles which distinguish a civilised society from a tribal community, and, in this respect, the Charter of Fundamental Rights would seem to be the most appropriate, most equitable, most reliable reference when it comes to principles and values. I endorse the broad lines taken by the report: no to terrorism, protection of prisoners, combating the trafficking of human beings, data protection and protection of privacy, provision of accurate information, immigration, asylum and many other issues like, once again, combating all forms of discrimination. It is a shame that all these issues, these principles, are jeopardised somewhat, adulterated by invasive ideological and political views when they warrant greater respect. Consider, for example, the safeguarding of Christian roots and the traditional family unit – a man and a woman united by the common goal of procreation. Once again, we are attempting to impose on 15 Member States a model which is only accepted by three countries in Europe, and we are doing so, ladies and gentlemen, with force which, although purely verbal, is, nonetheless, violence. It is a shame where the information sector is concerned too, where a serious issue such as this has been defiled by pure political propaganda such as the contribution of the draftsman of the opinion of the Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport – whom I will not name so as not to give them the right to reply – who has defiled an extremely serious subject with the tone and content of a vulgar party propaganda leaflet, behaviour which, moreover, condemns itself. I am glad to say, ladies and gentlemen, that this is only an opinion, or rather a set of opinions, which has no legal effect."@en1

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