Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2007-01-31-Speech-3-164"
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"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the rise of the extreme right in Europe is an issue of major concern and the creation of a such a group in this Parliament casts a dark shadow over our history, just over sixty years after the liberation of the concentration camps. Europe was created on the basis of recognising the errors of the past, with a view to banishing them forever. But today we have certain Members of this Parliament who are forgetting about that, and in some cases even worse, denying it, and hence putting us at risk of having to live through those situations again.
That is unacceptable and the political health cordon intended to prevent democracy from becoming infected, however essential it may be, is not enough. The fundamental cause of this trouble is political and philosophical, but also economic and social. Lack of well-being leads to malaise, which can in turn lead to fear and suspicion of others and their differences.
Let us therefore commit ourselves to showing more solidarity, to caring more for those excluded and forgotten in our current society, so that those who profit from the misfortune and misery of others are not allowed to tarnish our hard-won European democracy."@en1
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