Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-09-25-Speech-1-048"
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"en.20060925.12.1-048"2
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) At the previous session, certain Members described Slovakia as a country of extremism and intolerance, which persecutes citizens from the Hungarian ethnic minority. They were referring to an alleged vicious assault and described Slovakia’s government as one that promotes the suppression of ethnic minority rights. Those words were reckless and not based on facts. A police inquiry has demonstrated that the incidents so broadly publicised by the media and politicians either had not happened at all or had not been driven by nationalistic or ethnic sentiment. The Slovak Government has reiterated and demonstrated that it will not tolerate manifestations of xenophobia, racism and intolerance, and is prepared to take all necessary steps to prevent any such actions.
I would like to call on everyone to use their words thoughtfully. Misrepresentations and misunderstanding may cause unnecessary tensions, and I trust this is something that no one wants. People living in Slovakia’s ethnically mixed regions are often confused and do not understand what kind of tensions politicians and the media are talking about."@en1
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