Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-02-02-Speech-3-033"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-02-02"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Talks in Austria on forming a government2
dcterms:Language	"it"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20000202.4.3-033"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-02-02-Speech-3-0342
lpv:speaker	lp:Fausto Bertinotti2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Partito della rifondazione comunista (1999-07-20--2004-04-28)3 substitute; Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; EUL/NGL (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; ECON (1999-07-21--2001-02-11)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia and the South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, I would simply like to stress the value of the attitude that the leader of our group, Francis Wurtz, reminded us of just now. I welcome the statements by the Presidency of the Council and the position of the 14 countries which have rejected official contact with an Austrian Government that includes Jörg Haider’s party. The fact that we are stressing this is all the more important because, as you know, we essentially disagree with the policies made by Europe, with its economic and social policies, its democratic deficit and the Member States’ involvement in the terrible war in the Balkans. Our normal disagreement further emphasises our appreciation today: this is extraordinary because the danger of a resurgence of an irrational, neo-nazi element in Europe is extraordinary. This danger does not concern Austria, it concerns Europe. We are talking about us, not Austria. We know the social causes which contribute, along with unemployment and instability, to fuelling tendencies towards this; we know the accompanying cultural causes – xenophobia, racism – but with the inability and unwillingness of these extreme right-wing groups to settle accounts with nazism, we cannot fail to point out the possibility of an explosive mixture being created in Europe. Not only the Alpine region, but all our countries are involved: the conditions are being created whereby democracy and European civilisation may once again come under threat. The position taken by the presidency has shown that it is aware of this tragedy for civilisation. Europe is showing that it has not forgotten Auschwitz; Europe is coming face to face with the suffering of the past. Now, though, it should follow through with its actions, and the first to follow through should be the Commission, which, however, has been obscure and weak on this making the value of the presidency’s position even more apparent. This is the change we must impose on the Commission’s action."@en1

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