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"Mr President, I would like to congratulate Mr Moraes on his excellent report, and if the nationalists and homophobes attack you, Mr Moraes, do not be afraid, because it will be proof that you have produced a very good report.
As chairman of the intergroup for traditional national minorities, I would like to emphasise the following points. Firstly, the European Union has no system for the protection of national minorities. We must draw up legal and political standards for the protection of national minorities and for a monitoring system as Mrs Bauer proposed in her opinion.
Secondly, we must distinguish between the traditional national minorities of Mr Moraes’s report and the migrant minorities of the Council of Europe. I have proposed referring to migrant minorities as new minorities. Fundamental rights are indivisible, but the obligations of the State are different: for traditional minorities, we need to guarantee that their identity and language are protected; for migrant minorities, we need to guarantee that they are integrated into society.
Thirdly, we in the European Union must clarify the relationship between non-discrimination and positive discrimination. We have some non-discrimination clauses, but it is not clear. What is the relationship between equal treatment and preferential treatment? We cannot guarantee the rights of national minorities without preferential treatment or positive discrimination. Ladies and gentlemen, I call on you to support this excellent report in full."@en1
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