Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2016-05-10-Speech-2-638-000"
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"Madam President, we must pay tribute to Jordan and Lebanon, whose hospitality has helped ease the pressures facing EU countries by people traversing the dangerous migration routes into Europe, exacerbated by Chancellor Merkel’s earlier unwise comments. Concerns have already been raised by the Archbishop of Canterbury, highlighting the continued threats facing Christians and other minorities seeking equal sanctuary, and I would like to hear what actions are being taken to protect such groups, who face real threats within refugee camps from radical Islamists. As a grandson of both an Ashkenazi refugee and also of a lady who opened her own house to a family of refugees fleeing the 1956 Hungarian Revolution, I well understand the human suffering endured during a refugee crisis.
However, I am concerned by the wider political motives being played out as we hear continued commentary of how the EU has supposedly delivered peace since the Second World War, when in fact it has actually been achieved by the United Nations and NATO. So rather than channelling Member States’ money through EU institutions – which, at best, have a mixed record – let us instead work through the institutions that have a track record in not just bringing opposing sides to the negotiating table, but are best able to deliver results, rather than the aspirational aims of an EU desperately seeking a wider role on the international stage."@en1
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