Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-03-15-Speech-3-055"
| Predicate | Value (sorted: default) |
|---|---|
| rdf:type | |
| dcterms:Date | |
| dcterms:Is Part Of | |
| dcterms:Language | |
| lpv:document identification number |
"en.20000315.2.3-055"2
|
| lpv:hasSubsequent | |
| lpv:speaker | |
| lpv:spokenAs | |
| lpv:translated text |
"Mr President, although we are moving in the right direction, not everything in the garden is rosy.
For example, some States do not respect the basic right to education and the use of one’s own language. In the Basque Country, where, despite the problems we face, we can choose the language of our children’s education, the Spanish Supreme Court has declared that it is illegal for local authorities to join together to promote the development of the language, in a clear example of how legal interpretations can be forced through as a result of political intentions
and of how not all rights are respected here and now in the European Union.
How can we justify our habit of talking about human rights in places thousands of kilometres away while at home we do the opposite and vary our positions according to commercial and political interests?
Chirac speaks of the rights of the Inuits in Quebec, but ignores linguistic rights in France. He condemns Jospin for calling
by its name while he pontificates about other types of organisations and prides himself on his anti-terrorist cooperation with Spain. The Spanish Prime Minister speaks of Chechnya as if it were an internal affair, thereby clearly allying himself with the extermination of the Chechen people.
This approach to politics, based on pure hypocrisy, is entirely unacceptable to us.
Finally, for the Basque citizens whom I represent, there can be no excuses based on internal affairs or on political opportunism. For us there are simply, here and elsewhere, people, citizens, with unalienable rights on which we wish to base our coexistence."@en1
|
| lpv:unclassifiedMetadata |
"Hezbollah"1
|
Named graphs describing this resource:
The resource appears as object in 2 triples