Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-06-14-Speech-3-224"

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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.20060614.17.3-224"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-06-14-Speech-3-2252
lpv:speaker	lp:Eoin Ryan2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, I believe it is important that we all use this opportunity to highlight the unfortunate rise in racism at football matches in Europe. FIFA, the world’s governing body for football, has said that there has been a recent upsurge in discriminatory behaviour towards fans and black players, an escalation that has dovetailed with the signing by many European clubs of players from Africa and Latin America. FIFA has stated that there is a deplorable trend in the increased level of racist attacks in Europe. This is not in any individual country; it is everywhere. It is unfortunate if people pick one place or country to highlight this. Racist incidents that have taken place at European football matches include the following acts: monkey-like chanting, derisive singing, the hanging of banners that reflect neo-fascist beliefs and the tossing of banana skins on to football pitches. In all, more than 30 billion television viewers are expected to watch the World Cup that has just started. I welcome the fact that FIFA is going to use that tournament as an opportunity to crack down on racist acts at football matches in Europe. There are a number of things it intends to do. Because of time constraints I will not list them. However, I believe it is important for our own Commissioner for Sport, Mr Figeľ, the Finnish Presidency, the EU and the European Parliament to look carefully over the coming months at how we can highlight this unfortunate trend. I also believe that players have a huge role to play in this. They are very influential with fans and they can have a hugely positive impact on getting people to stop that kind of behaviour."@en1
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lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"(Applause)"1 "Eoin Ryan (UEN ). –"1

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