Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2012-05-22-Speech-2-471-000"
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"Madam President, year after year, we stand here and make statements in condemnation of homophobic acts by individuals and state authorities. We have even had to look into worrying developments in EU Member States and in the neighbouring countries of the EU.
Recently, in a video promoted by the European Parliament’s LGBT group, I was proud to share the airwaves with Commissioner Reding and colleagues from this House, and even the President of the EU Council. We promised our assistants that we were working to make things better for them.
As the Council representative rightly pointed out, discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation does not only happen in the workplace – where such behaviour is outlawed by EU legislation – but the proposed directive on implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation remains blocked at Council level.
I am not persuaded by the arguments of those claiming these are issues where the principle of subsidiarity applies. Surely the problems surrounding the mutual recognition of civil status between Member States demonstrate the need to strengthen our legislation."@en1
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