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"en.20120313.20.2-470-500"2
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"We noted with regret that the Dutch Prime Minister did not attend today’s debate on the radical Dutch website that slanders Eastern European citizens. While, for partisan reasons, European liberals launch attacks against popular governments with reference to fundamental rights, the liberal Dutch Prime Minister openly collaborates with the radical Party for Freedom responsible for the website. We are deeply outraged that the website of the Party for Freedom incites the Dutch populace to file complaints against citizens from Eastern Europe based on their origin. Such acts and their tacit toleration undermine trust between Member States in times when what is needed is, in fact, reinforced solidarity. One cannot hide behind the freedom of speech when the fundamental personal rights of other citizens are being trampled underfoot. We must not tolerate such mockery of human dignity or the questioning of equality irrespective of origin. We must not tolerate open slander against Eastern European citizens. The issue of the Dutch website is not about abstract legal principles but about a specific case of practical violation of fundamental rights. Yet, despite extensive calls from the international community, the liberal Prime Minister remains unwilling to distance himself from the website. Such behaviour is detrimental to EU integration and weakens faith in our common values."@en1
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