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"Madam President, Minister, Commissioner, I am very pleased by your opinions. If you do not mind, I do not intend to talk about countries outside of the European Union, because we also have a problem with homophobia in the Member States of the European Union. Not so long ago, maybe a couple of days – last week, a member of parliament in my country spoke before the Chamber and said that homosexuals are sick people who should be locked up somewhere and should receive treatment. So we should not pretend that it exists outside of the European Union, it exists here as well – within the Member States of the European Union. I am always surprised by such statements because when I meet someone, I do not ask them about their sexual orientation. When I choose my friends, both male and female, I do not ask them what they get up to within their sexual orientation. I always try to ensure that my friends and the people I talk to are decent people – people who may have the same perspective on life as I do. I am therefore very sorry that even today, members of the LGBT community are exposed to such attacks, not only from extremists, but also by policy makers in the Member States of the European Union. In my opinion, as each Member State is unable to regulate same-sex cohabitation, it would be appropriate for us to regulate such cohabitation at a European Union level. It is high time for us to do so, as it is quite evident that the Member States of the European Union have been unable to tackle this agenda."@en1
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