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"The European Parliament’s motto ‘United in diversity’ is the principle that must guide all our work within and outside the European Union. It was in line with this principle that I voted in favour of this resolution, because I believe that, while the European Parliament may not wish to interfere in a country’s internal affairs, it should always be able to express its opinions and to act as a sounding board in order to convey the needs of the European public as a whole. The resolution adopted today serves to highlight our Parliament’s common position with regard to the Lithuanian Seimas. It consists of a request to amend draft legislation that would amend the Code of Administrative Offences to punish the ‘public promotion of homosexual relations’, which, as the text clearly emphasises, could potentially criminalise almost any public expression or portrayal of, or information about, homosexuality. Therefore, I believe that it is our duty today as MEPs, but as citizens before that, to ask the Lithuanian Parliament to reject the new legislation in the name of the essential principle of safeguarding fundamental human rights."@en1
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