Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2009-11-23-Speech-1-051"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2009-11-23"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:One-minute speeches on matters of political importance (continuation)2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20091123.16.1-051"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2009-11-23-Speech-1-0522
lpv:speaker	lp:Andrew Henry William Brons2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, the European Union would like to see itself as a democratic union of 27 democratic states, but we have got to look at the reality. In Belgium only a few years ago, the state took steps to ban one of the larger political parties. In Germany, at about the same time, there were unsuccessful attempts to ban a party on the basis of incriminating statements made by state operatives. In Hungary, opposition parties are physically attacked by the state, their members arrested and tortured. In the United Kingdom, a violent militia sponsored by the governing party and the Leader of the Opposition carries out violent and, in some cases, armed attacks on opponents. There are restrictions on non-violent freedom of speech in almost all European Union countries. Indeed, the European Union is in the forefront of trying to legislate against states of mind – various ‘phobias’, as they would put it."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; NA (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member; AFCO (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 substitute; LIBE (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 unknown; British National Party (2009-07-14--2012-10-16)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Croatia Joint Parliamentary Committee (2009-09-16--2013-06-30)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Andrew Henry William Brons (NI )."1
lpv:videoURI	<go to Events_and_structure europarl>2

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