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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, on behalf of the Commission, I would just like to add my own deepest sympathy with regard to the victim of the attack which occurred in Catalonia this morning, and also to stress my concern at the events in London.
In particular, I want to state that, outside this debate on the legal instruments – police cooperation, legal cooperation, the questions of how to make the extradition system more effective and how to ensure a European mandate for investigation, which we are looking into – there is an added value which Europe is providing in the fight for freedom and democracy. I believe that the main message is a clear message of solidarity, solidarity with the people of Spain as a whole, and with the Basque people.
On a personal note, like the Spaniards, I have lived in a country which spent more than 40 years under dictatorship at a time when all the other countries of Europe were democratic. I believe that the most important added value which your institution can give the fight for freedom and democracy in Europe is to send out this message of solidarity to the victims. We must never lose hope. We must never lose faith in the fact that freedom and democracy are values for all time."@en1
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