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"I voted against this appointment. France is preparing to make crucial progress on equal rights by adopting a law on marriage for all, at last joining several other Member States who have done the same. I believe that Tonio Borg’s appointment would contradict that progress in France and in Europe. His proposed portfolio – European Commissioner for Health – is fundamentally incompatible with his past statements and actions on contraception, abortion, and homosexual and transsexual rights. The holder of this position is meant to work for all European citizens, irrespective of their sex and their sexual orientation. Against a backdrop of particularly vicious comments and acts by extremists in France, appointing Tonio Borg would mean that Europe can accommodate such deviations. It is clear to all French Socialists that fundamental rights are not a matter for subsidiarity: they are universal. Irrespective of competence, this is an ethical matter: the European citizens have the right to expect Europe and the European Commissioners to defend these values without fail."@en1
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