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"Mr President, the European Union must depart from its policy of servility and readiness to make concessions if it is to rise to the challenges of the future. One example of this policy is the Union’s attitude towards Russia and the argument that such a policy is justified because of Russia’s energy resources.
In today’s fast-changing world the Union is called upon to promote and defend rights and inalienable principles such as an individual’s right to freedom and tolerance, and a nation’s right to self-determination. The talks and contacts with India, a new world power, will reveal whether the Union is prepared to take on this role and act accordingly.
One of the key issues the European Union should raise is Christians’ right to freedom of religion. I refer in particular to the rights of members of the Catholic Church, which is currently being persecuted and threatened with extinction in India. Churches are being burnt and Christians killed in India at present, yet Europe gave the people of India Mother Teresa of Calcutta. She was a holy person who brought goodness and kindness to where it was most needed. The European Union should seek inspiration from Mother Teresa on how to pursue its relations with India. India should look to Mother Teresa for an example of how to develop relations between followers of different faiths."@en1
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