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The EU’s information and communication strategy must always be objective and respect pluralism, cultural diversity and human rights. The events we have witnessed, particularly recently in the context of the so-called draft constitutional treaty, have been examples of neither objectivity nor pluralism. What we have seen is a major propaganda campaign that does not respect pluralism and the different opinions held by the Members of this House, nor does it take into account the spectrum of opinions held by the public.
This report is a clear example of manipulation dressed up as the EU’s information and communication strategy. Take Article 40, for example: ‘have the political responsibility to support the ratification of the Constitution’. This disregards the fact that people have different opinions, even when it is known that in various Member States around half of the public is opposed to this draft constitutional treaty. It also overlooks opposing opinions.
Unfortunately, various proposals that would have improved the report were rejected in the vote in plenary. We therefore had no choice but to vote against."@en1
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