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I have supported Mrs Zdanoka’s report because the European Union needs a strong European strategy of non-discrimination. The fact is that, everywhere in Europe, we hear hateful words spoken and see despicable acts, including acts of violence, committed. The European Union needs a strategy to promote equal opportunities in order to put an end to all forms of discrimination.
This European strategy may, in certain cases, involve the use of positive action. I believe, however, that, as is explicitly stated in Article 2 of the report, positive action differs from any kind of positive discrimination. Indeed, we would not be encouraging the fight against discrimination by creating a new form of discrimination. Positive action, in contrast, makes it possible to draw certain disadvantaged groups’ attention to specific measures of relevance to them, for example where recruitment policies are concerned.
Finally, Parliament again points out in this document that discrimination against same-sex couples, whether married or registered, must be prohibited in the same way as any other form of discrimination and, in particular, when the people concerned assert their right to move freely within the territory of the European Union."@en1
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