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"en.20040420.2.2-025"2
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"Mr President, I wish to begin by thanking the interpreters for their patience and kindness for the unforgivable suffering I have imposed on everybody since my first speech in September 1999. At that time I announced that I would speak neither French nor Spanish in plenary while the Basque language did not enjoy full recognition in the Basque country. Now, five years on, the rights of Basque speakers are still being ignored. I would therefore ask – in the English language, of course – my French and Spanish colleagues to act immediately.
I join with other speakers in their positive response to the important work produced by the committee, chaired by Mr Jarzembowski, and to the excellent work of the rapporteur, Mr Sterckx. The Commissioner said that a new report on the future of maritime safety will soon be presented. I hope that this time the Commission will emphasise the need for immediate and accurate information in the event of maritime disasters. That was not the case with the
where the interests of the public and in particular of the victims in Galicia and the northern part of the Iberian Peninsula, including the Basque country, were completely ignored."@en1
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