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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, ‘No one shall be condemned to the death penalty, or executed. No one may be removed, expelled or extradited to a State where there is a serious risk that he or she would be subjected to the death penalty, torture or other inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.’ This is what is laid down by the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and this is what makes me – indeed, I believe, makes us – proud to be part of the European Union. It is the upholding of human dignity; it is realising that no one can rule another person's life and that there should be no revenge, only justice. This should be true for all courts, including military ones.
Too many countries still have the death penalty, and they include not only large countries such as China, but also the most important military and democratic power – the United States – which has still not been able to leave its Wild West culture behind.
I hope that the Congress against the Death Penalty being held in Paris, in which we, as Parliament, will take part, will be a further step on from the moratorium on the way to abolishing the death penalty and eradicating poverty around the world. I also hope that the people who take to the streets of Paris will be a warning to all those who, even in Europe, are thinking of bringing back the death penalty. In any event, it is these street protests that will lead to the UN’s approving the moratorium in full."@en1
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