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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9113

20 January 2006
Contents Publication in full By article 17 / 29
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/civil liberties/equality
MEPs condemn homophobia and call for changes in law

Strasbourg, 19/01/2006 (Agence Europe) - On 17 January, by 468 votes to 149, with 41 abstentions, Parliament adopted a resolution condemning homophobia and “any discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation”. MEPs called on the Commission to add to anti-discrimination measures in Article 13 of the Treaty by proposing new directives or by establishing a more general framework covering all levels of discrimination. In a statement, the European Commission reacted strongly to the...

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