Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2009-10-08-Speech-4-051"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2009-10-08"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Freedom of information in Italy (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"hu"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20091008.5.4-051"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2009-10-08-Speech-4-0522
lpv:speaker	lp:János Áder2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; LIBE (2009-07-16--2010-02-28)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the United States (2009-09-16--2012-05-09)3 member; Delegation for relations with Switzerland and Norway and to the EU-Iceland Joint Parliamentary Committee and the European Economic Area (EEA) Joint Parliamentary Committee (2009-09-16--2012-05-09)3 unknown; Fidesz-Magyar Polgári Szövetség-Keresztény Demokrata Néppárt (2009-07-14--2012-05-09)3 member_of_the_bureau; EPP (2009-09-16--2012-05-09)3 member; ENVI (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, we heard Mr Verhofstadt telling us an hour ago that we must join together to protect the values of freedom, and I have to tell you that I agree with him. Freedom of speech is an important fundamental right. This has been the view voiced in the debate so far. I also agree and firmly believe that there is not a single Italian politician in the Chamber who would wish to restrict the freedom of speech. While listening to the debate, two questions occurred to me. Why do socialist and liberal MEPs feel it is important to protect certain fundamental political rights only in the case of certain rights and only on certain occasions? Is the right to free assembly an important fundamental right? Is it as important a fundamental right as freedom of speech? It certainly is. Yet, three years ago, you made no protests when the socialist government in Hungary broke up a crowd which had gathered to celebrate the 1956 revolution. Is the right to use your own language an important fundamental right? Is it as important a fundamental right as freedom of speech? It certainly is important. Yet once again, you make no protest when the authorities in Slovakia, a European Union Member State, want to limit the right of minorities to use their own language. Is the protection of personal privacy an important fundamental right? It definitely is an important fundamental right. I believe that everyone – be it the Italian Prime Minister or anyone else – has the right and must have the right to bring legal proceedings against false accusations and slander. Freedom of the press is indeed an important right, but why have you kept quiet for the last 20 years when it was obvious that in the former socialist countries, the media was concentrated, to a very large extent, in the hands of the former Communist parties? All I ask of you is not to employ double standards."@en1
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