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| EU wants freedom of expression in Turkey |
| 2007-11-07 |
| The European Commission said on Tuesday that EU candidate Turkey must make “significant further efforts” on freedom of expression and religion now it has overcome a constitutional crisis. In an annual progress report on the European Union’s biggest and most controversial candidate for membership, the Commission said democracy had prevailed over military intervention in Turkish politics but Ankara now needed to renew the momentum of reforms that had slowed since 2005. “The new momentum should now be used to relaunch the reforms to improve fundamental freedoms, particularly the freedom of expression and religious freedom, so that they prevail in all corners of the country and in all walks of life,” Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn said in an accompanying statement. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 "EU wants freedom of expression in Turkey" And a pony! Guess which they're more likely to get.... |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2007-11-07 18:52 |
| #2 Eu might want to start in Belgium - Earlier this year, on Tuesday September 11 dozens of members of SIOE (Stop the islamisation of Europe) and others from the Vlaams Belang party were arrested for staging a 9/11 anniversary protest against the growth of and support of radical Islam throughout Europe. The rally had been declared illegal, although 200 people had turned up on two squares in the EU district of Europe. Police were in force, and Frank Vanhecke and Filip Dewinter of the Vlaams Belang party were arrested. Brussels' mayor, Freddy Thielemans, had banned the planned rally a month earlier, claiming that an anti-Islamic event could provoke unrest amongst Belgium Muslims. http://www.libertypost.org/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=204657 Clean thy own house. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2007-11-07 10:17 |
| #1 The new momentum should now be used to relaunch the reforms to improve fundamental freedoms, particularly the freedom of expression and religious freedom IOW - no Muslims allowed. |
| Posted by: Unutle McGurque8861 2007-11-07 04:39 |