An Open Letter to Martin Schultz and parliament's president Hans-Gert Pöttering

The following letter has been sent by the Hayek Institute in reaction to some unacceptable claims issued by Martin Schulz, Chairman of the Party of European Socialists group in Brussels Parliament. La lettre qui suit a été envoyée par l'Institut Hayek en réaction à des propos inacceptables tenus par M. Martin Schulz, président du groupe socialiste au parlement européen. --------- An Open Letter to Martin Schultz, Chairman of the Party of European Socialists group in the European Parliament, representative from Germany, and parliament's president Hans-Gert Pöttering. Dear Mr Deputy, Dear Mr. President, Many people are deeply shocked by the reaction of Mr Schulz, Chairman of the European Socialists group, to the widely applauded speech given by Mr. Vaklav Klaus, president of the Czech Republic, to the European Parliament on Thursday, Feb. 19. Several papers reported the following Martin Schulz's declarations. According to the own web page of the socialist group, Mr Schulz said that: "We take note that a person who is totally isolated was applauded by a mixture of anti-Europeans and neo-fascists. He made a speech that shows he has no understanding of democracy or the workings of the European institutions. My message to Mr Klaus is that the Treaty of Lisbon will be put into effect." We, European liberals, feel deeply shocked and insulted by the grotesque assimilation made by Mr. Deputy Schulz, asserting that those those who Applauded Mr. Klaus could only be anti-Europeans and neo-fascists. This attempt to associate some of the people who feel unhappy with the ways the european construction has been driven in the recent years, whose point of view is brilliantly defended by Mr. Klaus, to « anti europeans », and more shockingly, to « neo fascists », is an awful resurrection of old stalinist or goebbelsian tactics, when abject ab hominem attacks took place as sole arguments to justify the prosecution of dissents. Surprisingly, these awful comments came from a man who has been himself insulted in the rudest way by Mr. Silvio Berlusconi, in a famous incident that is...

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