Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2007-07-09-Speech-1-064"
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"en.20070709.14.1-064"2
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"Mr President, over the decades, European states have learned to show a minimum of respect for the culture and religion of millions of immigrants. Alarmingly, the opposite is true for most of the home countries of the same people.
It has become common in the Middle East, Asia and Africa for people who profess Christian beliefs to face social, political and economic discrimination. In practically all Muslim countries people who decide to join a Christian church risk their lives. The traditional Christian population in all those countries shows a dramatic decrease. Even in an officially secular country like Turkey, Christians face intimidation, harassment and even murder. One can but agree with the proposal by a well-known commentator that Turkey will only be ready to join the EU when it is just as easy to build a Christian church in Turkey as it is to erect a Turkish mosque in Germany today.
I call on the Commission and the Council to pay urgent attention to this aspect in dealing with governments that do not allow even a minimum of respect and protection for their indigenous Christian minorities."@en1
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