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"Mr President, I think this oral question is to be welcomed.
This is not the first time we have raised in the European Parliament this issue of caste-based discrimination, and very unfortunately it is unlikely to be the last. Although I understand that we will not be able to change the situation overnight, I think we have to admit that the level of progress is really insufficient. We owe it to all these overlooked people, hundreds of millions of people, who suffer from discrimination every day.
In Bangladesh, for instance, caste-based discrimination affects both Hindu and Muslim populations. It is thought of very often just as a Hindu issue but Muslims and Buddhists are also affected. In Pakistan, Dalits have limited access to equal and meaningful political participation. I think that is absolutely unacceptable and many of these people, of course, are also religious minorities at the same time, so they are doubly discriminated against.
I am not asking the Commission and the EEAS today to export the European social model in a one-size-fits-all manner, but as a liberal I am asking us to export our values of democracy, freedom and human rights, because I do not think we should consider that to be imperialism in any form."@en1
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