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"We voted against – and emphatically against the second part of paragraph 6. Our position is that we refuse to draw a distinction between the political and military wings of a terrorist movement, namely Hezbollah.
We also bitterly regret that the amendment calling on the Union to place it on its list of terrorist organisations was withdrawn.
This Party of God, whose fundamental charter calls for the destruction of the state of Israel and the establishment of an Islamic Republic in Lebanon; this Hezbollah, whose emblem is a machine gun and whose motto calls for the sole victory of the congregation of Allah. Could this movement, responsible for atrocities, the hijacking of aircraft, kidnapping, torture and assassinations too numerous to mention, be anything other than a terrorist organisation? Of course it is a terrorist organisation, and we are all perfectly aware of the fact. The real issue which is dividing the Council is whether or not it is expedient to say so.
We believe that the planned text was sufficiently clear to avoid severing links. The European Parliament is not the Council’s echo chamber. It has just deprived itself of the opportunity to send a clear political signal to all those throughout the world who are fighting against our values of freedom and democracy."@en1
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