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"Mr President, the Group of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats) endorses the draft resolution. I must confess that I was surprised by the suggestions of some fellow Members, from different groups, that we should not, today, discuss the subject of yet more cases of human rights violations or the widespread use of capital punishment in China. An argument in favour of this was said to be the forthcoming EU-China Summit.
Fellow Members, we should not succumb to the temptation of applying double standards or a conspiracy of silence just because we are dealing with a country which is an important trade partner of the EU. I am certain that one of the European Parliament’s fundamental roles is to uphold human rights. This is so, irrespective of whether we are talking about a world power, or about small countries such as Laos and Vietnam.
The People’s Republic of China is the country which carries out the most executions in the world. It does not observe a minimum of human rights – those recognised by international legal standards and including the right to a defence and a fair trial. Several days ago, we celebrated the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. If it had not been for the courage to criticise communism, if it had not been for the courage to speak the truth, Europe would look different today."@en1
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