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"Mr President, Jihad networks are operating across Europe, and in mosques, a holy war is being waged against our European open society. Following the cowardly attacks in London, it should be clear to everyone that it is time, now more than ever, for tough and comprehensive measures against the Trojan horse that Islamic extremism represents in our society. I am therefore right behind a number of recent proposals and declarations that have been made in the wake of the events in London. For example, the French Home Affairs Minister, Mr Sarkozy, is quite right to propose the introduction of much stricter controls on mosques. Equally, Mr Beckstein, the CSU Home Affairs Minister of Bavaria, is quite right in stating, and I quote: ‘we have to know what happens in every mosque and we must be present and gather intelligence where extremist ideas are being preached’.
Accordingly, the British Government will deport those who call for holy war, who incite violence and who gloss over acts of terror. It is at last taking action, and the other Member States would do well to follow in Britain’s footsteps.
To return to the title and content of the declarations, I should like to make it clear at this point that the stricter controls of mosques do in no way entail a violation of the freedom of religion. When John Howard, Australia’s Prime Minister, said a few days ago that he is in favour of an infiltration of Islamic schools and mosques, he also made it clear in the same breath that his government does in no way want to interfere in the freedom of religion. He did formulate the obvious message that his government has the right to know what sections of the Islamic community support, or incite, violence.
Indeed, that and that alone lies at the heart of the matter. Our open society is entitled to defend itself against its enemies. Freedom of religion can never be a licence for undermining our European society on European soil. In that sense, I should like to praise the courage of the Czech President, Mr Klaus, who is the only Head of State or Government who dares establish the link between Islamic bombings on the one hand and, on the other, the multiculturalism by which our own values are diluted to the extent where they no longer exist.
We as Europeans must therefore put an end to lax immigration policy that allows the annual influx of 10 000 people who refuse to adapt to our laws, our standards and our values. When a country like Spain amnesties 700 000 illegal aliens in one fell swoop, then that is a recipe for lawlessness and encourages new waves of illegal immigration.
It is high time we revisited a number of international treaties and assessed to what extent they need adapting to today’s requirements. The Geneva Refugee Convention springs to mind, that dates back to 1952, right in the middle of the cold war, a time in which we were faced with Europeans wanting to escape Communist dictatorships. The same applies to the European Convention on Human Rights, which should be revised as a matter of urgency. The intention is not to question the basic ideas of these conventions, only to ensure that they are no longer used by ill-intentioned people."@en1
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