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"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, a sorrowful anniversary will be commemorated tomorrow everywhere in Europe: the 60th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp, a symbol of all the camps built by the Nazis with the sole aim of carrying out the planned extermination of 11 million Jews then living in Europe. More than half were reduced to ashes. At a time when their ashes are still not cold, a number of people have, again recently, attempted to deny or relativise absolute barbarity. Sadly, two of them are Members of this House.
Ladies and gentlemen, it is a matter of honour for this Parliament to use this resolution against anti-Semitism – which, I hope, will be voted unanimously in favour of – to contribute to the fight against this scourge and also against all forms of xenophobia, racism and discrimination. It is a matter of honour for this Parliament to fight against all those who would falsify history. It is a matter of honour for this Parliament to pursue the politics of peace and unity that motivate us all by recommending that we never slacken our efforts in the unfailing service of education and tolerance and in teaching people about this black period of European and world history. At a time when, just about everywhere in Europe, violent anti-Semitism is resurfacing and various forms of intolerance are on the rise, we need to ask ourselves how we are to keep this memory alive in history when the surviving witnesses are no longer there. Our Parliament must thus encourage those Member States which have not yet done so to adopt legislative provisions along these lines, as a number of European countries have already done.
This House is in the process of building a better future for future generations, with more freedom, more democracy, more tolerance and more mutual respect. Today, we are helping to ensure that no one ever forgets what human folly was capable of bringing about. Our support for this resolution will be a clear signal to our peoples, to our children, to future generations and to all those who fight for peace and human brotherhood."@en1
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