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German government and EU should not receive representatives of de facto government of Paraguay

Date

28 Feb 2013

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Following the announcement by the foreign minister of the de facto government of Paraguay concerning his official visit to Germany, GUE/NGL president Gabi Zimmer declared: "The German government and the European Commission will seriously harm democracy if they receive an illegitimate representative of Paraguay. They would be the first Europeans to welcome the de facto government following the 2012 parliamentary coup against the constitutional president of Paraguay, Fernando Lugo”.

 

MEP Jürgen Klute, member of the Parliamentary Delegation with the MERCOSUR countries, said: "It would be a shame if the German government again tried to legitimize coups, favouring its economic interests, and thus continuing to write the story of the looting that has ravaged Latin America for centuries”. Jürgen Klute was part of the official mission of investigation sent to Paraguay by the European Parliament to address the concerns of European institutions concerning the impeachment of constitutional President Lugo.

 

"The European Union and its member states must respect and refrain from interfering in the decisions made by their regional counterparts such as MERCOSUR, UNASUR and CELAC, which were unanimous in condemning the rupture of institutional order in Paraguay and consequently suspended Paraguay from these regional bodies", Klute concluded.

 

De facto foreign minister Jose Felix Fernández has been publicly denounced for land grabbing for the benefit of members of his family. Paraguay is one of the 10 most unequal countries in the world; the problem of the high concentration of land in a few hands remains a critical issue in the current social conflict.

 

El gobierno alemán y la Unión Europea no deben recibir al gobierno de facto de Paraguay

 

Tras el anuncio del canciller del gobierno de facto paraguayo de su visita oficial a Alemania, Gabi Zimmer, presidenta del grupo parlamentario GUE/NGL declaró: "El gobierno alemán y la Comisión Europea dañarán seriamente la democracia si aceptan recibir a un represéntate ilegitimo de Paraguay. Ellos serían los primeros europeos en acoger al gobierno de facto, fruto del golpe parlamentario contra el presidente constitucional del Paraguay, Fernando Lugo".

 

El eurodiputado Jürgen Klute, miembro de la Delegación Parlamentaria con los países del Mercosur, dijo: "Sería una vergüenza que el gobierno Alemán se prestara nuevamente para intentar legitimizar golpes de estado y asegurar sus intereses económicos, siguiendo la historia de saqueo que tanto daño le ha hecho a America Latina". Jürgen Klute participó en la misión oficial de investigación que envío el Parlamento Europeo a Paraguay frente a las preocupaciones que emanaron desde las instituciones europeas ante el proceso de destitución del presidente constitucional F. Lugo.

 

"La Unión Europea y sus países miembros deben respetar y abstenerse de intervenir en las decisiones que toman sus homólogos regionales como el MERCOSUR, UNASUR y la CELAC, quienes han sido unánimes en la condena de la ruptura del orden institucional del Paraguay y por consecuencia han suspendido a Paraguay de estos órganos regionales." Concluyó Jürgen Klute.

 

El canciller paraguayo, José Feliz Fernández, quién anuncio su visita a Europa, ha sido denunciado públicamente por acaparamiento de tierras para su familia.

Paraguay es uno de los 10 países más desiguales del mundo, el problema de la alta concentración de la tierra sigue siendo un punto central del conflicto social.

 

GUE/NGL Press Contacts:
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Gay Kavanagh +32 473 84 23 20
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