European Parliament
Borghezio (NI ).
(IT)
Mr President, as regards Slovenia, some serious issues remain unresolved. These pertain firstly to the material and non-material compensation for the victims of the exodus caused by the terrible ethic cleansing which was still in its final phase in 1975 with the forced migration from some areas, such as Piran, Koper and Pristina (the former zone B) and, secondly, to the historic memory of the
foibe
and to the unresolved issue of protecting cultural minorities from Italy and the Veneto.
In Europe, protecting minorities is not optional. Slovenia is finally taking practical note of this and knows that those who are defending and proclaiming their own culture in that country, as is their right, are motivated by legitimate intentions and aims and are, so to speak, under the moral and political protection of the European Union.
I also express my solidarity with the just demands that, at the same time, have been made of the Czech Republic by those that protect the rights of the Sudeten refugees, victims of another horrendous ethic cleansing which is still
stain
upon
European communism.

