Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-04-04-Speech-2-339"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-04-04"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Citizens for Europe programme (2007-2013) (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"et"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060404.24.2-339"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-04-04-Speech-2-3402
lpv:speaker	lp:Marianne Mikko2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Conference of Delegation Chairs (2004-09-22--2009-07-13)3 chair; Delegation to the EU-Moldova Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2004-09-21--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia and the South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 substitute; EMPL (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; PES (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Sotsiaaldemokraatlik Erakond (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; CULT (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Ladies and gentlemen, Mr Takkula’s report deals with an extremely important topic. Congratulations on your good work. Today the European Union is becoming a fairground where the politicians of the Member States are guided only by their own interests and the objective of satisfying their voters. There is not enough of a feeling among citizens of the Member States of the European Union that they are actually citizens of Europe. In order to develop a feeling of citizenship, it is important to know one another’s history. Before and after the Second World War, many European peoples languished under totalitarian rule. My homeland Estonia was wiped from the map by one of the most ruthless dictators in history, Stalin. We no longer had our own flag or national anthem, and our capital city was Moscow. Stalinism’s twin brother was Nazism. These two ideologies, which were born at the same time, divided Europe among themselves with the Hitler-Stalin Pact. Stalin held the entire eastern part of Europe under dictatorial rule for half a century. Hitler’s war machine violently subjugated the part of Western Europe in which local dictators were unable to seize power themselves. In seeking the equal remembrance of the victims of Nazism and Stalinism, I am fighting against the merely token acceptance of the new Member States into the European Union. I condemn all forms of totalitarianism. I would like to emphasise, however, that Nazism and Stalinism are the cornerstone of all other totalitarian ideologies. Rulers like Franco, Mussolini and Salazar tortured their victims on the example set by Hitler and Stalin. Each Member State of the European Union should take responsibility for the just assessment of their dictator’s actions in their home country. At the moment, however, we are discussing Stalinism and Nazism, which transcended and did not respect state borders. It is the duty of the Member States to collectively condemn the cruelties of Hitler and Stalin, which split Europe in two and separated it with an Iron Curtain. Let us therefore work together, in the framework of the ‘Citizens for Europe’ programme, to jointly remember the victims of Stalinism and Nazism."@en1

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