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"Mr President, my question referred to the articles of the Treaty which oblige all of us – the Council, Parliament, the Governments and also the Presidency-in-Office of the Council and the Commission – to ensure compliance with human rights.
You do not wish to give me an answer, but I would like to remind you of something which I imagine you will know much better than me. If I remember rightly, in Ireland, before you achieved independence, you had a provisional status, which led to a great conflict within your society between radicals and moderates. You resolved that situation by consulting the Irish citizens, that is, by means of a referendum.
We have a situation in the Basque Country which is also difficult and worrying, and which is creating great tension and violence. We are asking that it be the citizens who can give their opinion and decide, but the Spanish Government is preventing this. It is also threatening and changing the laws in order to imprison those who advocate this referendum: a consultation of the citizens, which is the most democratic thing imaginable."@en1
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