Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-06-07-Speech-2-298"

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dcterms:Date	"2005-06-07"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Protection of minorities and anti-discrimination policies in an enlarged Europe2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20050607.27.2-298"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2005-06-07-Speech-2-2992
lpv:speaker	lp:Sophia in 't Veld2
lpv:spoken text	". Mr President, I should like to congratulate the rapporteur on a tremendous and at times nerve-racking job that he has been doing. He has been working on very interesting subjects. With the enlarged European Union we are looking at completely new questions. I have personally come to realise that where the United States might be a melting pot, the European Union is a very rich, colourful and beautiful mosaic of diversity. It is something to be proud of and to cherish. We have taken the first steps on the path of a very important discussion. The European Union has to respect minority rights, but we should not forget that ultimately each citizen is also an individual and each citizen is therefore entitled to the same rights; secondly, that the European Union should respect the cultural identity of minorities and, at the same time, we must ensure that does not prevent full integration and participation in the community. With regard to the issue of non-discrimination, unfortunately after so many years it is still necessary to have this debate. As the previous speaker said, there are still many groups, such as women, who face discrimination and who lag behind. I should like to focus, in particular, on one paragraph that raised some concerns: the paragraph on the rights of gay people. We should be fair to ourselves here. Fundamental rights are for all citizens, not just for some groups. If we are serious about the Charter of Fundamental Rights, that says we should not discriminate on grounds of sexual orientation, then we cannot possibly vote for the amendment tomorrow that seeks to delete a paragraph on homophobia and obstacles to freedom of movement. This morning we talked about terrorism and the right balance with fundamental rights. I would therefore hope that this House will wholeheartedly endorse this report tomorrow."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Democraten 66 (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; FEMM (2004-09-03--2007-01-14)3 substitute; LIBE (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3 member_of_the_bureau; ALDE (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; ECON (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Sophia in 't Veld,"1 "on behalf of the ALDE Group"1

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