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"Mr President, with the World Cup being held in Germany, I feel obliged to take this opportunity to congratulate the organisers and the German Government on their safety measures – which are functioning perfectly – and, more importantly, on the hospitality being extended to foreign citizens visiting Germany.
I should like to take this opportunity to highlight the fact that the European Parliament's efforts, both on the resolution on racism in football and on measures to combat forced prostitution during the World Cup, which I denounced in plenary, have paid off.
Billions of television viewers around the world are watching and hearing our message during transmission of the football results. It is without doubt a unique success on the part of the European Parliament.
I visited Germany during the World Cup and I noted that the German authorities, in cooperation with FIFA, had taken our suggestions on board and that the measures were having positive results. Many of them are now experiencing in Germany the enthusiasm and anxiety for their teams and are celebrating their victories together. They will return home, where discrimination, racism and xenophobia await them after the intermission for the World Cup.
Let this happy intermission be an example to us; it showed us that Europe and the entire world can understand differences in a climate of equality, harmony and mutual respect."@en1
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