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"Madam President, I voted against granting discharge in respect of the implementation of Parliament’s budget, not so much for financial reasons as for political reasons, since this House is anything but a Parliament. No talking goes on in it, there is no opportunity to debate in it, even when the fundamental rights of one of its Members are at stake. Over and above myself, I feel ashamed for our institution. It is mired in political correctness. There is no confrontation of ideas. There is no real freedom of expression. It is all about conformism. We spend our time doing work that would be far better done by a technical agency responsible for harmonising standards or rules and, other than that, we play at being the United Nations. You defend human rights in Guatemala and Indonesia – anywhere in the world where you have no jurisdiction. You are incapable of defending the rights of one of your Members. I feel ashamed for this Parliament; it is a useless Parliament and a Parliament of useless people."@en1
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