Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-07-02-Speech-3-034"
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"Mr President, in Italy you often maintain that you are exposed to political persecution by your critics. That will not happen in this House. Your work will, however, be scrutinised carefully, for there is no immunity in this House against political blunders and infringements. This autumn, the EU is to unite around an asylum and immigration policy based upon humanitarianism and shared humanity. That is something you did not say very much about in your speech, Mr Berlusconi. Success demands clear leadership that can act with legitimacy and authority. I must unfortunately ask myself the question as to whether the Italian Government really is capable of shouldering that responsibility today. One of your own ministers, mentioned earlier in this House, demands that the police use live ammunition upon refugees seeking freedom in your country. That is something you must now clearly reject.
Your own role as Italian media proprietor has led to the government directing the content of both the private press and of public television. That is a very worrying development that affects the whole of the EU and that would not have been accepted if it had happened in any of the EU’s new Member States. The gloomy question we now have to ask ourselves is whether Italy is a country that fulfils the political Copenhagen criteria. May you demonstrate that we critics and sceptics are wrong. I nonetheless wish you good luck over the next six months."@en1
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