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"Mr President, we might have different views on different issues in this Chamber, but I hope that we can all agree on one thing: that Europe is a continent of tolerance, of freedom and of pluralism. We have united in the past to fight those who stand for intolerance and oppression, and to resist those who wanted to destroy our open and democratic society; now we have to stand united again. The promotion of hatred, of fear and of violence has no place in Europe.
Let me express on behalf of my entire Group my deepest sadness over the terrible and brutal criminal act of 22 July. Our thoughts and hearts go out above all to the relatives of the victims, but also to the entire people of Norway and, last but not least, to our Socialist colleagues, to whose political family these innocent young people belonged.
Mr President, you yourself reminded us of the anniversary of 9/11 a few moments ago. In that particular case we quite rightly stressed, in the strongest terms possible, that although those terrorists carried out acts in the name of religion, they did not represent any religion or its followers. I think that we should look at the Norwegian tragedy from a very similar angle. The individual who committed this represented no one: no religion, no relevant political stream, just his own sick mind. I think we should resist the temptation to use this opportunity to politicise this tragedy.
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I would like to thank all my colleagues from other political groups who resisted this temptation, who showed decency and who displayed once again that there are universal values common to all of us for which we can stand together."@en1
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