Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-06-14-Speech-3-214"

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dcterms:Date	"2006-06-14"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Increase in racist and homophobic violence in Europe (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060614.17.3-214"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-06-14-Speech-3-2152
lpv:speaker	lp:Sophia in 't Veld2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, unfortunately this debate is indeed still necessary. In the resolution you will find a list of names of individual victims, people who were killed only because of the colour of their skin or their sexual orientation. In the 21st century in Europe that is barbaric and we should be ashamed. I am, on the other hand, proud to be a Member of this House that stands up against those kinds of barbaric acts. Intolerance is on the rise everywhere, and my own country is no exception in this regard. I therefore welcome all the mass demonstrations we have seen all over Europe in favour of tolerance and equality and, most recently, the very successful equality march in Warsaw. I was very happy to be part of that. Tolerance, anti-discrimination and equality are not national, internal matters. If it is anything, the EU is a community of values, and if we are a community of values, then we should be discussing these matters at European level and we will not accept that Member States hide behind the argument of subsidiarity, because that is only a pretext. As I said in the debate yesterday evening, the EU needs an ambitious strategy to become the world champion of fundamental rights. We should be just as ambitious in this area as we are when it comes to the economy and things like the Lisbon Strategy. We do not need to weep crocodile tears: we need action. We do not need to be timid and reluctant when it comes to intervening in matters that are going on in the Member States. I am therefore very happy to hear that the Council will speed up the work on the framework decision and the Agency on Fundamental Rights. I would very personally like to address a word to the President-in-Office and to call for the recognition of gay people as victims of the Nazi regime. That has been mentioned before in this House. I am also happy to hear that the Commission is willing to instigate infringement procedures and is considering a horizontal directive. Finally, we should not hesitate to use an instrument we have at our disposal, namely Article 7, in cases where a Member State or a Member State government fails to comply with EU principles."@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; Temporary Committee on the alleged use of European countries by the CIA for the transport and illegal detention of prisoners (2006-01-19--2007-02-14)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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