Kulturen im Konflikt

[ThomasWach]

Mal wieder schrillere Töne aus Europa..

Barroso on riots: Europe must fight
By Graham Bowley International Herald Tribune

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2006

In the face of escalating attacks against foreigners in the Muslim world, the European Union's chief executive on Wednesday laid down a clear marker for violent critics of the Prophet Muhammed cartoons, saying that Europe now had to fight for its core European values, including freedom of speech.

"We have to stick very much to these values," said José Manuel Barroso, the president of the European Commission. "If not, we are accepting fear in this society."

Referring to his youth when he grew up under a totalitarian regime in Portugal, Barroso, a former prime minister there, said in an interview that Europe had to defend its right to have in place a system that allowed the publication of the cartoons.
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