Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2012-04-17-Speech-2-059-000"

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dcterms:Date	"2012-04-17"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Human rights in the world and the European Union's policy on the matter (debate)2
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20120417.14.2-059-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2012-04-17-Speech-2-060-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Bernd Posselt2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation to the EU-Croatia Joint Parliamentary Committee (2009-09-16--2013-06-30)3 member; EPP (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 substitute; CULT (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Christlich-Soziale Union in Bayern e.V. (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro and Kosovo (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; AFET (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, Baroness Ashton is right when she says that one of the finest achievements of this House is its systematic human rights policy, which has been in place ever since the first direct elections in 1979. However, we would like to see the Council and the Commission performing the same role. You are responsible for this, Baroness Ashton, and that is where the significance of today’s debate lies. I would like to touch on a few specific points. The first is the persecution of Christians. You are right, of course, Ms De Keyser. We also support freedom of conscience and of religion for Muslims and agnostics. However, Christians all over the world are being persecuted in a very specific way and Europe, as a primarily Christian continent, must be seen to be protecting Christians throughout the world in a very specific way. That is our duty, but it does not mean that we are neglecting anyone else. I cannot accept it when you say that we must do something for homosexuals – I am also in favour of this – but we are not allowed to mention Christians. The specific target group of our human rights policy is Christians. Secondly, I would just like to say that we need to have the same standards for everyone. We must not simply criticise small states for breaches of human rights and make an exception for the large ones, such as China and Russia. We need to apply the same strict standards to the large countries as we do to the small ones, even if this has an impact on many of our economic interests. My third and final point is that it is crucial that human rights are not misused for ideological purposes. I am in favour of defending the human rights of all people and all groups. However, misusing human rights in order to impose certain socio-political ideas puts human rights at risk and is not worthy of the human rights activities of this House."@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"(The speaker agreed to take a blue-card question under Rule 149(8))"1
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