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"Mr President, I will simply comment on paragraph 16 of Mr Vaughan’s report.
We learn in it that there are European political parties prepared to put into jeopardy the principles of liberty, democracy, respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms and the rule of law. I am very surprised that, in a Parliament such as this, which is so committed to a fundamental right – the respect of the rights of defence – it can be possible to pronounce such a solemn judgement without holding a hearing with those against whom a serious accusation of this nature has been made.
At a later point, I thought that this might perhaps, I cannot say for sure, have targeted the Communist parties, which reduced half of Europe to slavery for 50 years. However I was told, inadvertently, that the target was the organisation that I chaired.
In conclusion, I would like to say that we respect freedom, namely the freedom of peoples. We are Democrats and we would not have brought back, in the form of a treaty ratified by Parliament, the same old Constitution that had been rejected by the people. We respect human rights and fundamental freedoms, including freedom of expression, and the rule of law, which presupposes equality between all parliamentarians and the citizens who have elected them."@en1
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