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Thursday, 7 May 2009 - Strasbourg OJ edition

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Text tabled : A6-0264/2009

  Filip Kaczmarek (PPE-DE), in writing. (PL) I voted for adoption of the Obiols i Germà report on Human Rights in the World 2008 and the European Union’s policy on the matter. I voted in favour because the scandalous amendment attacking Pope Benedict XVI had been rejected. If the Pope were to be considered a threat to human rights it would mean that the world would be standing on its head. I do not understand the authors of that amendment.

There are, unfortunately, a great many cases of the violation of human rights in the world. These demand our engagement, condemnation and action. The Catholic Church and many other confessions are our allies in the fight to ensure respect for human dignity. Attacking the Pope is only evidence of pre-election cynicism and harmful radicalism. It is a pity that at the end of this term some MEPs have become entangled in such an embarrassing affair.

 
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