Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-05-13-Speech-1-024"
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"Mr President, I understand that a bill to amend the Criminal Code has been tabled in the Slovakian Parliament, introducing imprisonment for anyone expressing sympathy with Communist ideas. We condemn outright this attempt to criminalise Communist political action and, what is worse, in the run up to elections in which the Communist Party of Slovakia is expected to win seats in Parliament. Obviously the immediate objective is to terrorise voters.
We also condemn outright the parallels drawn between Communism and Fascism in this amendment, the way in which criminals and victims and tyranny and resistance are all painted with the same brush, especially at a time when far-right forces with Fascist tendencies are gaining ground in Europe.
Given that Slovakia is a candidate country, I should like to call on you to intervene and put a stop to these developments."@en1
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