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Austria - Nicole FONTAINE 'concerned at the prospect that Jörg HAIDER will enter the Austrian Government'.
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This was the personal comment of the President of the European Parliament on the unofficial negotiations which have opened between the ÖVP and FP parties.
The President's view is that 'Jörg Haider's party conveys an ideology which is diametrically opposed to the humanist values underpinning any democratic society. The EU is based on those values - respect for human rights and rejection of exclusion - and it would be intolerable for a party which denies these fundamental principles to gain power in a member country of the Union.'
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Press enquiries: Jacques NANCY, President's Spokesman
TEL : +32-2.284.24.85 - GSM : +32-476.969.672 - FAX : +32-2.284.49.73 - E-MAIL : jnancy@europarl.europa.eu
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