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"Madam President, I strongly refute any statement, demonstration or feeling of xenophobia or racism. I passionately defend Europe’s heritage of human rights and the rule of law. I disagree, however, for this very reason, with the senseless actions taken by the Presidency – the Portuguese Presidency unfortunately – which have resulted in a real institutional blunder on behalf of the other fourteen States.
This is not the way to fight extremism. It may even be a way of doing extremism a great deal of good. The torrent of confusion and rash actions that has been unleashed over Austria has blown things out of all proportion. It has caused considerable distress to decent citizens and evokes risks that had previously not even been considered. There is an irreconcilable contradiction between positions adopted in the name of human rights and the rule of law, but which at the same time attack the fundamental rights of the Austrians and ride roughshod over the basic tenets of the rule of law, in this case the standards laid down in the Treaties.
What are we actually seeking to achieve in embarking on an Intergovernmental Conference? A Europe of 27 States or a Europe of 14, or even fewer? We support Europe, a Europe which does honour to all the actions that have brought us to this point, a Europe which respects the Treaties and the law and a Europe which needs Austria. This needs to be said!"@en1
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