Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2009-11-23-Speech-1-021"

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dcterms:Date	"2009-11-23"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:One-minute speeches on matters of political importance2
dcterms:Language	"pl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20091123.14.1-021"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2009-11-23-Speech-1-0222
lpv:speaker	lp:Jarosław Kalinowski2
lpv:spokenAs	member; AGRI (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member; Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-16--2012-03-27)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the Pan-African Parliament (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 substitute; ENVI (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member; EPP (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Polskie Stronnictwo Ludowe (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, and for relations with Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation for relations with Belarus (2009-09-16--2012-03-27)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, the European Union, in which one in seven citizens belongs to a national minority, can be proud of its extensive guarantee to respect their rights. The significance of the European Union’s motto – unity in diversity – is worth stressing here. All of us in this Chamber know that a true democracy can be recognised by the way it treats its minorities. The Lisbon Treaty unambiguously imposes an obligation to respect the rights of people who belong to minorities, and the Charter of Fundamental Rights forbids any discrimination based on the grounds of ethnic origin or membership of a national minority. Unfortunately, there are still countries in the EU which, despite their adoption of international legal obligations in this area, are moving towards the assimilation and outright deprivation of the national identity of their minorities by deliberate policy. Lithuania, for it is this country to which I refer, has, for over 20 years, been discriminating against its citizens in different areas of life. Not only has this been done in a planned way but, since its accession to the European Union, these practices have even increased. The ruling of the Lithuanian Constitutional Court on the spelling of Polish surnames only in Lithuanian transcription is an example."@en1
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