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"Madam President, forced marriage, physical and sexual violence against women, death threats, complete subjugation, no opportunity for self-determination over one’s own body, archaic images of women – these are all things that are going on not just in far-off countries, but right here among us – even at the heart of Europe – in numerous migrant families. Some well-meaning politicians who like to think of themselves as great promoters of women’s rights trivialise these events as isolated cases. Serious abuses of human rights are justified and tolerated under the cloak of religious freedom.
If we want integration, however, we must speak out loudly against such abuses. I urge the EU to stand up for women here and now and to act against suppression in patriarchal parallel societies – whether that is in Muslim families or in Roma communities, where young girls are often deprived of any schooling.
Alongside integration and educational work, let us take some first concrete legal steps by introducing an EU-wide ban on the burkha and making forced marriage a criminal act in all the Member States. Let us stand up for our enlightened Western values!"@en1
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