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Verbatim report of proceedings
Thursday, 22 April 2004 - Strasbourg OJ edition

Economy/employment
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  Flemming (PPE-DE). (DE) Mr President, I would like to thank all the French Members of this House most warmly and congratulate them on the French Government's action in deporting from France the Imam of Venissieux on the grounds of his misogynistic utterances. For a woman in politics, such as I am, having spent decades contending for women's rights, it is immensely reassuring to know that it will no longer be possible, in this European Union of ours, to call for human rights – for that is what women's rights are – to be disregarded. Right now, I would rather like to sing the 'Marseillaise', but perhaps it will be sufficient for me to say, 'Vive la France!'

 
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