Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-09-04-Speech-1-032"
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"en.20060904.17.1-032"2
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"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I should like to discuss the situation in Slovakia. It seems to have been forgotten that, following its victory in the election, the Direction – Social Democracy Party (Smer) formed a government coalition with the extreme right Slovak National Party (SNS). At the beginning of August, this red-brown coalition gained the support of the members of the Slovak Parliament. In July, I took the opportunity to express my concern and disapproval regarding this coalition, which are shared by many of my fellow Members, but the Prime Minister, Mr Fico, did not follow up on our request to reconsider whether such a coalition was appropriate.
Unfortunately, recent events have shown that our concerns were well-founded. Members of the Hungarian minority were recently attacked for speaking Hungarian, and the leader of the SNS, Mr Slota, has continued to make xenophobic and nationalistic speeches. By agreeing to this coalition, Mr Fico has left the door open to such outbursts, and there is a fine line between words and actions. Politicians need to demonstrate responsibility; making alliances with extremists who hold these kinds of views will necessarily have harmful consequences. For me, the violence we are seeing today is a cruel reminder of the darkest days of Europe’s pre-war history."@en1
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