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I voted against the Fava report, otherwise known as the CIA report, for four reasons.
Staunch defence of human rights, the rule of law and democracy, which I advocate, cannot be delivered by political action underpinned more by naïve left-wing anti-Americanism than by the actual defence of these values.
It is not for Parliament to monitor the Member States. This is the duty, first and foremost of national parliaments and any violation of this principle is inherently a political error and a legal anomaly.
The report makes the unforgivable mistake of drawing definitive conclusions from unproven, controversial statements, turning opinions into truths and insinuations into facts.
As regards Portugal, even with the adopted amendments, there is still a degree of imbalance between what has been proven (or even declared by the alleged victims) and what has been concluded, or, worse, presumed to be true.
Lastly, I should like to praise Mr Coelho for his tireless work in promoting balance, reason and the defence of our key principles and values. I take the view that had he been the rapporteur rather than the chairman of the committee the report would have been substantially better balanced."@en1
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