Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2007-09-27-Speech-4-015"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2007-09-27"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Equal treatment between persons irrespective of racial or ethnic origin (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"it"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20070927.3.4-015"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2007-09-27-Speech-4-0162
lpv:speaker	lp:Vittorio Agnoletto2
lpv:spokenAs	member; EUL/NGL (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the United States (2007-03-14--2009-07-13)3 substitute; INTA (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Afghanistan (2007-03-15--2009-07-13)3 member; DROI (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; AFET (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Partito della Rifondazione Comunista - Sinistra Europea (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, while the anti-discrimination directive is a very good directive and of considerable ethical value, a number of European countries are doing little or nothing at all to transpose the directive and its content into their own law, and in practice racial and ethnic abuse is the order of the day. Italy, for instance, is facing infringement proceedings by the European Union for its failure to transpose this Directive. The European Union contends in particular that Italy has failed to transpose the notion of racial harassment into national law, lacks a law reversing the burden of proof, and has no specific provisions to protect against racial and ethnic abuse. Last December, in Opera, a municipality close to Milan, a group of citizens led by the leaders of the national Lega di Alleanza literally hunted down and set fire to tents sheltering thirty or so Roma children. In Pavia, dozens of Roma were chased off with shouts of ‘gas chambers’. On the outskirts of Rome, only a few days ago, 40 hooded attackers armed with sticks, knives and Molotov cocktails attacked a Roma camp in Ponte Mammolo during the night. In Italy, almost every day, one or more travellers’ camps are cleared by the local authorities, without the Roma having the most elementary rights. Is this the particular social protection for which the report calls, especially following enlargement, for the Roma? I would also like to stress that the sanctions applicable to breaches of national provisions adopted in accordance with the Directive must be effective, proportionate and dissuasive. I would also point out that on 25 April, we approved…"@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"(The President cut off the speaker)"1

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