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Elysee Counsellor to EuroFora on Heads of State venue in Demonstration v.Massacre, for People+Values

Written by ACM
Sunday, 11 January 2015

 

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    *Strasbourg/Angelo Marcopolo/- French President Hollande's Counsellor for Communication Strategy and International relations, Claudine Ripert-Landler, speaking to "EuroFora" at the eve of this Sunday's Giant Demonstrations in Paris, the rest of France, and several other European or International Cities accross the World, with the participation of a growing number of various Heads of State/Government from the EU and other European, African, Asian or American Countries, against the Massacre of Journalists and other People by Extremist Islamic Terrorists  earlier this week, stressed its character as "Popular" event, of "Special" importance, focusing on "Emotion" and "Support" to the "Victims" and "the French People", as well as to "Universal Values", as she observed for what was universally called afterwards an "Historic" dimension Mega-Event of really exceptional nature, shortly before EU Parliament's Plenary debate on the Tragic issue and its aftermath, Tomorrow, Monday Evening in Strasbourg, (See also : ..... + ...).


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- In fact, Sunday's event, "is a very Special Moment, of Emotion, Meditation, which hasn't any status of Political or Official expression", the experienced Elysée's Press Spokeswoman clarified.


- Indeed, "all participants wish for it to be a Moment to Share Emotions, (Communion), given (taking into account) the Tragedy which took place here" in Paris, she added.


- Hollande "was not going at all" to make any (official) anouncements",  and "from the President's point of view, he had not foreseen any (official) expression" from himself, she predicted.  Indeed, "the (French) President has had an occasion to express himself during the Events", earlier this week, while "Now it's a Moment for Meditation, and he didn't want any Public Political Statements" this Day.


-  "Because, as it was scheduled, first, it's a (Public) Gathering which is not made at the Initiative of the (French) President, bur rather of the French People, Political Parties, Trade Unions"  and other Civil Society actors. "This is a French Popular Initiative, on People who have Suffered a lot, and there is a Collective Gathering around them".


+ "And, moreover, we are in front of a Moment of Emotion and of Symbolic gestures vis a vis the Victims" of the "Charlie Hebdo" massacre, earlier this week, Ripert-Landler reminded.


=> Even the more and more numerous "Heads of State/Government who arrive" now in Paris, "do that rather in a spirit of Support to the French People and to Universal Values, and they take part to a Popular Demonstration", she stressed.


 - In consequence, Elysée "Court will be Open" to Journalists, even if "there won't be any Press Conference" this time. Instead, "there will be arrivals, with the Press present at the  Courtyard" of the Presidential Palace, "as well as a Maximal Security net", added to certain "Fixed Press areas alongside the (Demonstration's) course, and that's all", she confirmed, from the practical point of view.
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Paris' Demonstrations, (to which participated Heads of State/Government from Germany, the UK, Italy, Spain, Hungary, Greece, etc, as well as Israel, Ukraine, the Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov, the recently elected new President of Tunisia, but also from the Palestinian Authority, Jordany, Niger, and many others, added to EU Commission and EU Council's new Presidents, COE's Secretary General, etc), was qualified by most Media as "Historic", reportedly gathering together about 1,2 to 1,5 Million People, (i.e. the Biggest Number ever seen in France's Modern History, followed by earlier big Popular Demonstrations in defense of Independent, mainly Christian Schools, and of Natural Family, etc).


To this should be, naturally, added, also the numbers of those People who chose to demonstrate in several other Cities throughout all France, as well as in various Foreign Capitals, such as Berlin, London, Rome, Madrid, Athens, Washington and New York, etc.

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Even in Strasbourg, a  comparatively Small City, but Host to EU Parliament's full Plenary Sessions, to the COE, ECHR, EU Ombudsman, Shengen, EUROCORPS, etc, more than 40.000 People were reportedly gathered at the central Kleber square, where "EuroFora" witnessed a really Exceptionaly dense Popular influx (Comp. Photos : particularly those made with the help of the well-placed "Kleber" Hotel, which has superb balcons at that square), made from People of all ages, from babies to elders, including many Families and couples, most of whom held one or another self-made placard of protest, several of whom had an interesting, original content and idea behind.


Well beyond the participation of some friendly minority Muslim groups or individuals, among the large mass of demonstrators, (which included  many Flags with the Photos of the 3 Dissident Kurdish Women notoriously Killed in Paris 2 Years ago, on Januray 2013, also by an Armed Terrorist, but who remains still Unpunished, despite an Audio-Tape published at the Interent with a Text pointing at a Turkish Security service's Agent, as a CoE's Press Conference denounced on 2014), a few Provocations visible particularly at the End of the gathering, (f.ex. in front of Republic Square's TNS building, including a Burqua, an "I love Muslims" placard, and even an ...ISIL's like Black Flag with the name of "Charlie Hebdo" in the middle, as in that infamous Internet site which had placed CH's murdered CEO, Charbonnier, in a List of persons Wanted in order to be killed by a "Bullet", etc), failed to disrupt the Unity of the large Majority of the Demonstrating People, (to which participated also several CoE's Senior Officials, etc).


Meanwhile, inter alia, the official confirmation that the girl-friend of a Gunman who had taken many People Hostages in Paris, 4 of whom were finaly killed on Friday, had earlier visited and stayed in Turkey, before crossing unhindered its Border to join the Extremist Islamist Terrorists '"ISIL"'s Beheaders Armed Group in Syria, added to an Arson Attack against a German Newspaper's Office in Hambourg, (North-Western Germany), which had often re-published several "Charlie Hebdo"'s satyrical cartoons, obviously reminded the fact that Extremist Islamic Terrorism threats might still loom around, as also certain US and other Officials, (including French President Hollande, earlier this week),reportedly warned.    

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    An "Eugenic" loophole Amendment, which might expose to Dangers reminiscent of "3rd Reich's" notorious Genetic Abuses, hidden at the last minute inside an otherwise Good, larger Health policy Package scheduled to be voted on Thursday, was strongly denounced by a coalition of MEPs from various Political Groups and Countries, in a Press Conference held this afternoon at EU Parliament in Strasbourg.

    Mainly calling to "Select Human Embryos", via "Genetic Counselling" and "pre-implantation" Techniques including "Genetic Tests", in order to "Eradicate Hereditary rare Diseases", it might open ways to Dangerous Practices in Future, they denounced in substance.

    But they also made it clear that a much larger Report inside which this Controversial Amendment "No 15" was added in dubious circumstances, officialy destinated to struggle against "Rare Diseases", and drafted by Professor Antonios Trakatellis, was otherwise "an Excellent Report", aiming at a "completely Uncontroversial target" of Health policy on which "all MEPs and Experts are united, believing that Europe should act" to protect People's Health (See "EuroFora"'s earlier News).

    The controversy came at a particularly delicate moment for the EU in relation to Citizens, at the eve of June 2009 EU Elections, and shortly before Ireland re-votes for "Lisbon Treaty"..    

- Denouncing risks of "an Eugenic demand, very similar to what we had during the 3rd Reich in Germany, but now coming from some Scientisists themselves", German ChristianDemocrat/EPP MEP Dr. Peter Liese stressed that critical MEPs were against "Eugenic" engineering with "Selection of Human Embryos", and anything which might ultimately lead up to to a "Selection of Human Race". It doesn't help to "eradicate" Human Lives, he added.


    Several Experts and NGOs expressed "Deep Concern", as f;ex. DR M.C. Cornel of the "European Society of Human Genetics", which stressed, on this occasion, that "the importance of Non-Directiveness in Reproductive issues is a Central characteristic of Human Genetics, after the Atrocities committed in the name of Genetics in the first half or the 20th Century".

     - "This is completely Unacceptable", stressed Italian Liberal MEP Vittorio Prodi, on the Controversial Amendment, also because pushes to "eliminate early Human Life", as he noted.

     - "This opens a Dangerous Road, rather a Motorway", denounced Danish MEP Mrs Margrette Auken, from the "Greens", observing that various similar attempts were made in the Past "not only in Germany, but also in several other Countries, "even at the 1970ies", "f.ex. on forced Sterilisation of Roma" People, and other criticisable situations f.ex. in the UK, in Sweden, etc. as she said.

    + Other NGOs, as f.ex. "LebenHilfe" from Berlin, added that, among various other Risks, could also be that, by exploiting the pre-implantation Genetic Diagnostics and the Selection of "healthy" Embryos, some may "propagate" several "Eugenic" aims, starting f.ex. by pushing to eradicate Human Livies which might "Cost too much" to preserve, ultimately exposing to dangers reminiscent of the "3rd Reich"'s atrocious abuses.

    In consequence, ChristianDemocrats/EPP and "Green" MEPs "decided by Majority to vote against" this Controversial Amendment, anounced to Journalists the 5 MEPs who participated in the Press Conference, representing a wide spectrum, from Liberals to "Greens" and ChristianDemocrats, and from Hungary, Italy, Germany and Danemark up to Ireland (Gay Mitchell), etc.
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    Hungarian ChristianDemocrat MEP Laszlo Surjan said "that it was "Suddenly, at the End of the Procedure" in Committee, that "appeared this (Controversial) Amendment, which has nothing to do" with the main purpose of the Report, on which all agreed.

    He denounced an "Unhonest" move, and called to "avoid this kind of unacceptable situations". Nobody should "Select People", Surjan stressed.

    - "We (MEPs) had No Chance to Discuss" this last-minute Amendment earlier added at a Committee's level, said German MEP Peter Liese

    Speaking to "EuroFora", Dr. Liese, the Spokesman of the ChristianDemocrat/EPP Group in EU Parliament, said that MEPs didn't oppose other references of the Report f.ex. on "Genetic Tests", because they were "no proposals" to impose them, while, on the contrary, there was "a Problem" if anyone attempted to "impose" f.ex. this or that Genetic Technique and "Genetic Counselling", etc. to the People on human reproduction.
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The precise Text :
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    Controversial parts of Amendment No 15 ask mainly "to lead finally to the Eradication" of "Hereditary" "rare diseases", "through Genetic Counselling .., and ..pre-Implantation Selection of healthy Embryos".

    But  EU Rapporteur Professor Trakatellis, said to "EuroFora" that fears should be alleviated by Guarantees that all this should be done only "where appropriate", when it's "not contrary to existing National Law", and "always on a Voluntary basis", according to other Parts of the Amendment.

    He stressed that the main aim was to allow "a free and informed choice of persons involved", without imposing them anything :  - "It's not an obligatory, but advisary" text, he said.

    To make that point clear, he was ready, in agreement with many MEPs, to eventually drop at least that part of the controversial Amendment which initially called for "efforts to ..lead finally to the Eradication of those rare diseases" "which are Hereditary".

    But, until late Wednesday evening, reportedly together with many other MEPs, he stood by all the rest of the controversial Amendment, (fex. on the "Genetic Counselling" and the "pre-implantation Selection of healthy Embryos"), so that critical MEPs, going from ChristianDemocrats as Dr. Liese, to "Greens" or "Ind/Dem", observed to "EuroFora" that "this was not enough" to close the dangerous loophole.

    Particularly since, as Professor Trakatellis noted himself, "this is already allowed to the U.K.", and "other National Legislations would probably follow, sooner or later" in a similar direction. As for a general call to "Eradicate Hereditary rare Diseases", this "should happen, at any case, in practice, de facto", to protect public Health.

    On the contrary, "our goal should be to help patients suffering from rare diseases, not to eradicate the patients. In case of genetic disease risk, the decision should not be guided by scenarios" made by politicians. "Perents who may decide to accept a child, even if handicapped or with genetic disease, must be respected and supported with solidarity", critical MEPs stated.

    - "Any Pressure" to "a patient or couple (who "should be able to make an informed choice consistent with their own values"),"from health Professionals, Public Health Policies or Governemental Institutions, or Society at large, should be avoided", stresses the "European Society for Human Genetics".

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Each MEP's vote will be registered !

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The Socialist Group requested a "Split vote" on the Amendment 15, first without, and afterwards with the words "lead finally to the Eradication" etc.


    But the first "split vote" leaves intact all the other parts of the Controversial Amendment, (i.e. "Genetic Counselling", "Selection of healthy Embryos", etc).

    That's why, 3 Groups of MEPs : ChristianDemocrats/EPP, "Greens/EFA", and "Ind/Dem", have asked for "Roll Call Votes", on everything regarding the Controversial Amendment No 15, and on the final outcome of the resulting Report as amended, which will register all the individual positions to be taken by each MEP.   

Something which will obviously make each MEP think twice before voting for one or another choice, to be sure that he/she will make the right choice in front of EU Citizens, particularly at these pre-Election times...


    Crucial Votes were scheduled between 12 Noon and 1 p.m. local Strasbourg time, in the middle of a long series of various other Reports, and after a long Public Debate on the larger Health policy package, from 9 to 11.50 am.

    The specific Report inside which was hidden the controversial Amendment is due to be debated between 11 and 12 am.

    So that more last-minute Surprises may not be excluded a priori...

    Particularly at the present Historic moment, when even the Institutional Future of the EU depends on the result of a second Referendum on "Lisbon Treaty", later this year, in ...Ireland, a mainly Catholic country, where People are particularly sensitive in such kind of socio-cultural and values issues...
 

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