European Parliament
Mayol i Raynal (Verts/ALE ).
(FR)
Mr President, I would like to make some comments on Mr Voggenhuber’s report. I note that some fundamental rights are not included in the draft constitution. Mr Voggenhuber, who is a member of my own political group, was a member of the Convention. I am talking about the principle of legal equality of languages. I am talking about the right to self-determination.
Finally, a flagrant violation of fundamental rights has occurred in Spain with the closure of the Basque newspaper
Egunkaria
. The text also fails to address this issue. I am extremely unhappy about this and, because the chairman of my group called me an idiot for signing the draft motion of censure, I have taken the liberty of not voting the way my group directed on this matter and have abstained.

