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"en.20100210.25.3-944"2
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"The resolution on Croatia is a political resolution with no legal binding force. I voted in favour of it, because Croatia should become a Member State in the near future. Without the Balkan war, it would have joined in 2004. Paragraph 21 on the ‘LGBT minority’, which is as controversial as it is useless, was introduced in plenary. I voted against this paragraph. Croatia is party both to the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights and to the Council of Europe European Convention on Human Rights. There is therefore no reason to suspect that Croatia is a nation hostile to the LGBT minority. Despite all symbolic pressure, Croatia retains full national competence in areas linked to non-discrimination. That is why I called on the Croatian family associations which I met recently during a visit to their country to continue their excellent work for the benefit of the common good of their nation and a better future for all in Europe. The capacity to assume obligations resulting from accession to the Union and alignment with the Community
should not result in the denial of the traditional national culture of future Member States."@en1
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