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"Madam President, I would first like to say that the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs will hold a hearing shortly on anti-Semitism, Islamophobia and hate speech in Europe. I hope that hearing will take place during the day, at a time when people will be present, and not at this intolerably late hour. I have spoken about this with my colleagues Ms Hohlmeier and Ms Wikström, and I am sure other colleagues from other political groups will find it quite extraordinary – and that, with all respect to you, Madam President, you will communicate with other colleagues about it – that the issue of the moment, anti-radicalisation, should be discussed, and our Commissioner, for whom I have the greatest respect, should deliver a communication on it and hear reactions, with virtually no one listening, and that it will be reported tomorrow to very few people. This is not tolerable.
Why is it not tolerable? Because the issues we are discussing are so complex. We are discussing anti-Semitism, Islamophobia and an issue which really has not been discussed enough, anti—radicalisation. We all know that anti-Semitism and Islamophobia are issues of the deepest complexity. Jews and Muslims have existed for generations in Europe and the millions of Jews and Muslims in Europe, who now have to face the intolerable attacks which my colleague has described, are going about their daily lives and facing these issues because of a tiny minority. We know these issues are complex, but the job we have to do in the European Union is to see what competences we have to make lives better.
We understand that, with the Race Equality Directive, the Council framework decision on racism and xenophobia and all these other tools, we have a job to do and we will do that job. However, anti-radicalisation is an issue which we are just beginning to understand. The European Union will have a role to play in this, and so will Member States. It is a deeply complex issue and, when we find out what it is all about, it will have to be discussed, not at the last minute – 11 o’clock – but among all of us, and not just in one committee but right across this House. When we have this discussion, it will cut across economy, culture and politics, and it will not be confined to one political group. This must be discussed right across the political spectrum, because Jews and Muslims will continue to live in the European Union together – that is how it will always be, whatever else will be said in this debate tonight – in unity.
I hope that we will treat this issue much more seriously than we are doing tonight, and I am sure all my colleagues will agree."@en1
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