Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-10-12-Speech-4-138"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-10-12"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Explanations of vote2
dcterms:Language	"pt"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20061012.36.4-138"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-10-12-Speech-4-1392
lpv:speaker	lp:Ana Gomes2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Temporary Committee on the alleged use of European countries by the CIA for the transport and illegal detention of prisoners (2006-01-19--2006-11-12)3,3 member; PES (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3,3 member; AFET (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3,3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the NATO Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3,3 substitute; DEVE (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3,3 member; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3,3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the United States (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3,3 unknown; Partido Socialista (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3,3 substitute; FEMM (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3,3 vice-chair; SEDE (2004-09-01--2007-01-14)3,3
lpv:translated text	". I voted in favour of the amendment by the Group of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats providing for the removal of the word ‘bull’ from paragraph 71 of the Jeggle report. I voted this way because the fighting bull must not be allowed to die out, and its existence is safeguarded by the institution of the bullfight. Having said that, I am repulsed by the spectacle of the bullfight as it is currently practised in Portugal and in other EU Member States. Under the cloak of the flimsy pretext of ‘tradition’, this spectacle trivialises the suffering of the animals in the guise of public entertainment. Like other aspects of daily life in our societies, bullfighting also has to evolve and to rid itself of the barbarism that it has inherited and that still marks it out. No aspect of public life should be immune to progress and to the evolution of people’s sensibilities. This resolution should accordingly act as a warning to those who reject any kind of change in bullfighting. It is vital that this activity change as soon as possible so that it no longer depends crucially on animal suffering. Otherwise, my country, Portugal, together with the EU, will have to take drastic measures. The way in which a society treats animals reveals more than just its attitude to the animals themselves; it reveals that society’s level of civilisation, humanity and progress."@en1

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