Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2008-09-02-Speech-2-071"
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"Mr President, I welcome the long-awaited proposal on completion of the anti-discrimination package, which means that we can finally end the hierarchy of rights. A European Union in which some Europeans are more equal than others has failed in its mission.
I completely concur with the wise words of Gérard Deprez: the directive needs substantial improvement. It contains far too many escape clauses, which risk codifying existing discriminatory practices rather than ending them. Family law and public order are, and remain, a national competence, but in practice they are being used – or misused – as a pretext for discrimination, mainly against homosexuals. It is a shame that the Commission seems to be condoning this.
Freedom of religion is a fundamental right and one that I will defend ferociously, but it is an individual right: it is not a collective right for certain groups that entitles them to discriminate and not apply the law.
Finally, I would like to add that, ironically, this package seems to provide a higher level of protection against discrimination on all grounds apart from gender discrimination. The gap between the directive on gender discrimination and this directive will have to be closed."@en1
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