Seanad debates

Thursday, 27 November 2003

Address by President of the European Parliament.

 

I tell that story today to pay tribute to a woman of whom Members will never have heard but who inspired me that day. She moved to Belgium after the war, became a grandmother and passed away one month ago at a ripe old age. We did not fight that war and we cannot continue to say, "remember the history". We must build our own history. Our history has a route and I know it. Elie Weisel wrote an essay entitled "The Night" about incarceration in a concentration camp. It is a short essay and Members should read it. For me, Europe is the daylight. Let us keep the lights on.

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