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"Mr President, I am pleased to follow the honourable gentleman, Mr Mote. With that contribution, he gives us evidence that he is an expert on political folly. As a member of UKIP, he gives us a double affirmation of that.
Let me say Mr President, that discrimination diminishes every single one of us and if we stand by and do nothing, we endorse it. That is why I welcome Mrs Gál’s report and the establishment of the fundamental rights agency. However, we must not make too many demands upon the agency or it will fail in the beginning. It needs to work in conjunction with the three institutions and ensure that the proposals coming from those institutions are compatible with and not in contradiction of the Charter of Fundamental Rights and our international obligations. Its focus should be within the EU, but at the same time it should have a role in the formulation of our EU Association agreement.
I welcome this consultation process but I will pay more heed to the concrete proposals that will follow.
Let me say two things. Mr Kirkhope, who is no longer in the Chamber, said that politics should not enter the work of the agency. It seems to me that he wants to neuter the organisation before it begins. Decisions to end infringement of fundamental rights must be taken in the political context and cannot be taken regardless of those consequences.
Indeed, some political delegations in this House have never voted in favour of non
discrimination measures. That in itself party politicises non
discrimination measures and fundamental rights. Mr Pęk was vehemently against this: European taxpayers will pay. If European taxpayers had not paid, we would still be under the stranglehold of the demonisation that followed the Second World War and Soviet domination. We must have the guts to pay for our freedoms and defend them. If Mr Pęk and Mr Mote are against it, Mrs Gál must have taken the right route and I recommend this report to the House."@en1
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