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Majority of Europeans is Racist? Newspeak in European Parliament

am 01.10.2005 von http://lawjustice.blogspot.com

I cant help it: once again about EU law/enlargement. In the discussion about the EU-enlargement some leftist politicians really seem to have lost it and even give a new meaning to the word racism.European Parliament Green/EFA group co-president, Daniel Cohn-Bendit, after Christian Democrat MEPs postponed the vote on Turkeys extended customs union with the EU:Some of the opponents of Turkeys accession are surfing on a wave of cultural and racist prejudices. This is a dangerous game, and the people using such arguments should ask themselves about the consequences of their words. The question of European Islam exists with or without Turkey. There are already more Muslims in the EU than there are Belgians.A recent survey organised by the …

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