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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-04-24"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Meeting of Euro-Mediterranean Foreign Ministers in Valencia of 22/23 April 20022
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020424.3.3-025"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-04-24-Speech-3-0262
lpv:speaker	lp:Bas Belder2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation to the EU-Romania Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; EDD (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Member States of ASEAN, south-east Asia and the Republic of Korea (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 unknown; ChristenUnie - Staatkundig Gereformeerde Parti (2002-03-18--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; Delegation for relations with the United States (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, in this Parliament and the other European institutions, it is constantly emphasised that the European Union is, and should be, a community of values. I can fully endorse this view. Consequently, anti-Semitic statements simply do not belong in our European Community. The escalation of the conflict in the Middle East, however, has resulted in statements of precisely this kind and has led to an upsurge in completely reprehensible expressions of anti-Semitism. This is unworthy of Europe, which is, after all, the continent of the Holocaust. Where in the EU Member States does political decency begin and end? This is not really a theoretical question in this day and age. In a recently published Spanish magazine, the name of the Israeli Prime Minister was adorned with a swastika and the face of this government leader was distorted into a pig’s head with yarmulke. I really imagined myself to be back in the days of the notorious Nazi poisoner, Julius Streicher. During the Euromed Conference in Valencia, the Israeli Foreign Affairs Minister, Shimon Peres, rightly condemned anti-Semitic excesses in Europe. Prior to the Euromed Summit, the Association Agreement between Algeria and the European Union was signed. At this ceremony, the Algerian President, Mr Bouteflika, called the Palestinian suicide bombers 'martyrs' and justified their terrorist acts as 'legitimate resistance'. With this, he immediately undermined the objective of 'fighting terrorism', a prominent section of the Association Agreement. If the European Union wants to be an acceptable interlocutor for the State of Israel too, then it should resolutely turn its back on all expressions of anti-Semitism and terrorism, now and in future. I thank both Mr Pique I Camps and Mr Patten for their clear condemnation of terrorism in the Middle East."@en1

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