Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-03-10-Speech-1-048"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-03-10"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:One-minute speeches on matters of political importance2
dcterms:Language	"es"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030310.3.1-048"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-03-10-Speech-1-0492
lpv:speaker	lp:Josu Ortuondo Larrea2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation for relations with the countries of South America and MERCOSUR (2002-10-09--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Partido Nacionalista Vasco (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; G/EFA (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioners, I am particularly glad that you are here. The Charter of Fundamental Rights, approved by this Parliament, prohibits any discrimination on the grounds of language or of belonging to a national minority and enshrines the principle of freedom of expression and information without the interference of public authorities. Well, Mr President, Commissioner, the Basque people have suffered further abuse and discrimination from the Spanish institutions. For preventive reasons – the same argument used by Mr Aznar to justify the war against Iraq – the newspaper has been closed down – and I have a copy in my hand – the only daily entirely published in Basque, the language not just of the Basques, but – according to the most prestigious experts – the primitive language of the Europeans. And, in order to try to justify the unjustifiable, the Interior Minister of Mr Aznar’s government has issued a joint communication with the judge of the National High Court. This unusual fact calls into question the existence in Spain of the democratic principle of separation of public powers. This newspaper has been closed for preventive reasons, putting all of its workers out of work, without even complying with the provisions of Article 129 of the Spanish Penal Code, on which their decision is based, since they have not allowed the required prior hearing of the company’s legal representatives. This means there has been no defence, and furthermore means that this judgment is illegal. Not a single piece of incriminating evidence has been produced on the content of the newspaper, since it is a pluralist, objective and democratic publication. They have closed it simply because it defends the right of Basques to their own identity and to use their own language. Furthermore, the director of the newspaper was imprisoned and later freed. But he has accused the Civil Guard of torture, which takes us even further back, if that is possible, to the times …"@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"(The President cut off the speaker)"1 "Egunkaria"1

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