Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-10-24-Speech-1-168-000"

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lpv:speaker	lp:Richard Howitt2
lpv:spoken text	"Madam President, I rise to ask the President to intervene in relation to a shocking incident last week, when I was personally prevented from giving interviews by being physically ejected from a media area in connection with the forced eviction of Roma, or travellers, from a site called Dale Farm in Essex in my constituency. I ask the President to object in the strongest terms to the British authorities that a Member of this Parliament, who had properly informed the relevant local authority – Basildon Council – in advance, who had police permission to be present, and who intended to speak to uphold the law and to condemn violence, should be prevented from exercising his freedom of expression. In particular, I ask the President to investigate whether there has been a breach of Article 2 of the Statute for Members of the European Parliament, stating that Members shall be free and independent; Article 8 of the Protocol on Privileges and Immunities, protecting Members in respect of opinions expressed in the performance of their duties; and Rule 6 of Parliament’s Rules of Procedure, which calls on the President of Parliament to uphold its integrity and secure the independence of its Members. I do not ask the President to intervene in an area of political disagreement. I do ask him to recognise that, for a public authority to use its powers to enable the views of one political party to be heard and to inhibit those of another, is an unfair, unjustifiable and unreasonable interference in my rights, which should be defended by the Parliament of which I am proud to be a Member."@en1
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lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Richard Howitt (S&D )."1
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