Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-06-07-Speech-2-299"

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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.20050607.27.2-299"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2005-06-07-Speech-2-3002
lpv:speaker	lp:Tatjana Ždanoka2
lpv:spoken text	". Nowadays, when the crisis of the process of European integration has become evident, I recall the following words of Yehudi Menuhin: ‘Either Europe will become a Europe of cultures or Europe will die’. He said that in January 1999 when opening an exhibition devoted to European minorities. All of us regularly pass the room where this exhibition took place and which now bears his name. We are discussing today and will tomorrow vote on the report on the protection of minorities and non-discrimination policies, which is absolutely essential for the future of the Union. This report, as adopted by the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, is an excellent text showing a real ability to develop the Union as an area in which fundamental rights, including minority rights, are protected effectively. Nevertheless this report has been supported by little more than half of the Members of the Committee. Moreover it seems that the same split of opinions is taking place all over Parliament. Why is this so? Maybe the reason is that many of us have a differing or indeed no understanding of minority rights. Surprisingly, we have a consensus when it comes to a number of resolutions telling those outside the EU how to respect human rights and develop democracy, yet we are not ready to support the text saying that these rights have to be respected inside the Union. Why do we keep silent when the Member States ignore the spirit of the international treaties protecting human rights, for example, the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities? I believe that tomorrow the majority of Parliament will support the text as it has been accepted by the Committee and therefore will support the Europe of cultures."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 member; LIBE (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; G/EFA (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Armenia, EU-Azerbaijan and EU-Georgia Parliamentary Cooperation Committees (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 substitute; AFET (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Politisko organizāciju savienība "Par cilvēka tiesībām vienotā Latvijā" (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; DROI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Tatjana Ždanoka,"1 "on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group"1

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