Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2008-12-17-Speech-3-287"

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lpv:speaker	lp:Vittorio Agnoletto2
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lpv:translated text	". Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, I have listened carefully to the Commissioner’s statement. It is true, there have been several advances made, but yet again I must remind you, Commissioner, that the democratic clause, approved by Parliament three years ago now, has not yet been applied in trade agreements with all countries, as requested by Parliament. Double standards are still used – tough with the weak and deferential with the strong, depending on what is most convenient for Europe in these trade agreements, but this double standard is also used in other situations. I refer to a subject that has already been touched on: I find the position taken by the Vatican State against the proposal to decriminalise homosexuality shameful and unacceptable. It is unacceptable that the European institutions should launch appeals almost every month against those states that continue to persecute people whose only crime is to be homosexual and yet for there to be silence when such a serious and prejudicial position on human rights is assumed by the Vatican and its representative at the UN. This is a position that runs counter to the universal declaration of human rights, the 60 anniversary of which we are celebrating this year. The Vatican’s statement goes against the fundamental point, which is that human rights are indivisible, universal and must be protected regardless of sexual orientation, race, skin colour, and so on. I have asked the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Human Rights to call the Vatican State’s representative to the EU to attend one of the subcommittee’s meetings in order to answer for this behaviour and to discuss it with them. That is what we routinely do with all states that have diplomatic representation in the European Union. I would also like to make it clear that the attempt to backtrack by merely saying that France had not yet submitted the document was a real blunder because it does not change the facts: the Vatican State has not backed down on the serious statements it has issued."@en1
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