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"Mr President, I would like to start by thanking Mrs Swiebel for her excellent work or, at least, what we believe to be excellent work. We endorse the content of the report and, above all, the courageous approach the rapporteur has adopted in naming, giving specific, practical details, the States which have violated human rights or have not signed or ratified international conventions on the protection and safeguarding of human rights.
Of the many issues raised in the report, as this debate shows, there are two which are particularly important and sensitive. Firstly, the concern that blindly waging war on terrorism might lead, if this has not already happened, to less care being taken to promote, protect and safeguard sacrosanct civil and human rights. In this regard, there are already people in the United States who would like to see torture legally introduced. This is a debate which greatly concerns us and which we must vigorously oppose, using the weapons of the law and legislation to oppose the weapons of violence, insofar as this can be deemed lawful.
The other issue which the rapporteur has courageously highlighted is the recognition of same-sex marriages. In our opinion, we also need to enshrine in legislation the individual’s right to freedom in a broad sense, which is true freedom.
As other Members have pointed out, it will be necessary to pay greater attention to the Commission and the Council’s work in the area of human rights. We radical Members condemn the fact that, all too often, the failure of the European institutions to take action in the field of respect for human rights, both in third countries and the countries of the Union, has serious, catastrophic implications for the citizens and for the institutions themselves. Articles 6 and 7 of the Treaty on European Union, and what is known as the democratic clause too, are now completely devoid of meaning, thanks, primarily, to the Council and the Commission. To put it more simply, the principle of respect for human rights and the safeguarding of human rights are wholly theoretical. Once again, as regards Articles 6 and 7 of the Treaty, the European Parliament has, for the first time, used the procedure laid down in Rule 108 of the Rules of Procedure to call for Community measures to be taken against Italy for the serious, ongoing violation of human rights and the rule of law with reference to the ongoing, unlawful failure to establish the plenum required by the Constitution, by the Italian Parliament and by the Constitutional Court. Violations in Italy continue to be very frequent. A few days ago, the Italian Parliament established what is known as
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