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Verbatim report of proceedings
Wednesday, 25 October 2006 - Strasbourg OJ edition

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Text tabled : B6-0527/2006

  Koenraad Dillen (NI). – (NL) Mr President, I did not use the word ‘idiots’, but actually said ‘useful idiots’, which has been a frequently-used term in politics for over a century and which, as Mr Martinez reminded us a moment ago, was coined by Lenin. It is a typically political expression which is often used in political debate and which was certainly not meant personally. If this is what the speaker thought, then I should like to apologise. It was simply a political attack and certainly not a personal one.

 
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