Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-06-14-Speech-3-215"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
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.20060614.17.3-215"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-06-14-Speech-3-2162
lpv:speaker	lp:Jean Lambert2
lpv:spoken text	". Mr President, I welcome the strong statements that we have heard from the Council, the Commission and my colleagues in the House, and wish that other politicians would be as clear and as forthright as they have been in their condemnation of racism, xenophobia, anti-Semitism, homophobia and other hate speech and hate crimes. As has already been said this afternoon, the list in this resolution is a sad one, but it is not exhaustive. We could have added the tragic murders of young men in the United Kingdom recently, and it is clear that no EU Member State is free from this hatred. But I do not think we should be seeking to remove countries’ names from resolutions. This week, we took a very brave stance on Guantánamo; I think we should be doing the same thing when we come to look at what is happening within our own Member States and be absolutely clear that we are not going to tolerate that either. It is very easy to be brave about third countries; it is much more difficult to be brave, in some respects, about your own, and I think that is a shame. People on European soil have the right to live free from violence; they have the right to live in peace; and that, I believe, is unequivocal. The political response of governments and other institutions to racist and homophobic attacks is crucial and sends very strong signals. It took numerous deaths in the United Kingdom, and one in particular, before our police services realised that they were institutionally racist and set out to change that. It is still a long, slow struggle but progress is under way. If we are going to speak out, we also need to be critical of some of our media, which is also determined, it seems to me, to sow hatred rather than information and integrity."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; LIBE (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Japan (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 unknown; Green Party (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 vice-chair; G/EFA (2005-05-24--2007-02-26)3 substitute; 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 substitute; DROI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; EMPL (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; 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
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"(Applause)"1 "Jean Lambert,"1 "on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group"1

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