Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-01-19-Speech-3-448-000"

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dcterms:Date	"2011-01-19"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Situation of Christians in the context of freedom of religion (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"pl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20110119.23.3-448-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2011-01-19-Speech-3-449-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Tomasz Piotr Poręba2
lpv:spokenAs	vice-chair; Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member_of_the_bureau; PECH (2010-02-18--2014-06-30)3 substitute; AFET (2009-09-07--2012-01-18)3 substitute; Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Armenia, EU-Azerbaijan and EU-Georgia Parliamentary Cooperation Committees (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; REGI (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of the Andean Community (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Prawo i Sprawiedliwość (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, the victims of at least 75% of all cases of religious persecution throughout the world are Christians. The European Union cannot be a passive bystander, and it cannot sit back and do nothing on this issue. Today’s debate serves not only to remind Europe that it must be involved in the global fight to ensure respect for the right to religious freedom, but also that we should all give joint consideration to what instruments the European Union can use to prevent the persecution of Christians in the future. What can we do? As I see it, the first thing we should do is to ensure that respect for religious freedom is one of the priorities of the European Union’s external policy. When signing agreements with other countries, it is important for us to ensure that they include provisions which prevent persecution on the grounds of religion in the country in question. Secondly, we should consider setting up a European centre for monitoring religious persecution throughout the world, which would provide relevant information without delay and enable the European Union to respond quickly. Thirdly and finally, we should put an end to our policy of double standards. The European Union and Europe as a whole is opening itself up to immigrants from various countries around the world. We are allowing places of worship to be built for them, and allowing them to practise their own religions. At the same time, however, we seldom stand up for the rights of Christians in those very same countries, in the countries where possessing a Bible is often punished by many years in prison, and on many occasions even death, in countries where it would not just be hard to build a Christian place of worship, it would be simply impossible. Today, the time has come for us to take a tough, resolute and firm stand for the rights of Christians around the world. Today, the time has come for us to be vocal in our demands for Christians and followers of other religions to be free to practise their religion."@en1
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