Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-07-05-Speech-4-097"
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"Mr President, I have no intention of joining the regulars who give an explanation of vote; yesterday my timetable simply overran, and, unfortunately, I was too late for the deliberation on Mr Wuori’s report. The importance of that report is only highlighted by the fact that the EU human rights policy is clearly now at the development stage. It is based on an unshakeable view of human worth, because without human worth there are no human rights either.
It is important that the EU’s internal problems are reported at least as effectively and transparently as those of non-member countries. As, eighteen months ago, I raised the issue of police violence as being a human rights problem within the EU, I cannot now help but raise it once again, alongside the matter of freedom of speech that the committee regards as the main point of focus. There is every reason to analyse the reports of violence that occurred when the Gothenburg Summit was taking place just as seriously as the events themselves. It was with an equal feeling of sorrow that I read not only about the injuries but also the fairly uncritical attitude of the journalists as they reported the events. It is difficult to defend freedom of speech of the people and the press in a credible way if this freedom is increasingly being used irresponsibly. If the EU is to be a globally important human rights player, its citizens will also serve as important models for the administrations of other countries of what the implementation of freedoms might mean in practice."@en1
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