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"Mr President, setting aside the issue of the choice by the new Spanish
regarding Mr Rajoy – which, by the way, reminds us of General Franco 34 years ago – I will focus on the meaning of the outrageous exclusion of my political party more than one year ago.
Political pluralism and cultural diversity are values preached by everybody in this House. The banning of Batasuna is thus a European, and not just a Spanish, mistake. That is so because, for the accession countries, it is vital that there should be an overall agreement on the principle that strong, assertive, renewed cultural and political diversity is, at the beginning of the new Millennium, a universal fact of European life. European integration can never be reduced to the sheer assimilation of small nations: our cultural diversity and inner cohesion could be destroyed. This Parliament cannot evade its responsibility on this crucial issue.
Those who have been outlawed will, all the same, stick to the political path, wrangling for rapid and efficient diplomatic action, without preconditions, towards a definite solution to the ongoing conflict in the Basque country. Be sure, Mr President, of my personal commitment."@en1
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