Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-03-11-Speech-4-004"
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"Colleagues, this morning it is my sad duty to draw to your attention that in Madrid, at the height of the rush hour earlier today, there were at least five bomb blasts at three railway stations – the worst of these on a train entering the Atocha station. Tens of people have been murdered; scores of people have been injured. With each report the casualty list is growing. This is, in terms of its consequence, the worst act of terror in the history of Spain, and could be the worst act of terror in living memory in any European Union state. It is an outrageous, unjustified and unjustifiable attack on the Spanish people and on Spanish democracy.
On behalf of this Parliament, I express our heartfelt, deep, sincere sympathy and condolences to the families who have suffered loss and injury; to their friends, and, through His Majesty the King of Spain, to the people of Spain and the authorities in the city of Madrid who – even as I speak – have field hospitals in the railway station and in the streets.
A general election is to take place in Spain on Sunday. What happened today is a declaration of war on democracy. Let Sunday give the answer that Spanish democracy is strong; let Sunday give the answer that Spanish democracy is determined to overcome terrorism by all of the means available to that process.
In Madrid, in January, I addressed the first-ever international conference for the victims of terror. I repeat today what I said there: in our political duty to the people of Spain and to the peoples of the European Union, it is our firm resolve that there shall be no safe haven for terrorism and terrorists in our European Union."@en1
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