Március 11-én immár 11-ik alkalommal emlékezünk meg a 2004-es madridi terrortámadásokról, melyekben 191-en vesztették életüket, és legalább 1800-an sérültek meg. Az Európai Unió március 11-ikét jelölte ki a terrorizmus áldozatai európai emléknapjának, emléket állítva az európai és Európán kívüli áldozatoknak egyaránt. Az emléknap alkalmából Frans Timmermans bizottsági alelnök, Federica Mogherini, a Bizottság alelnöke és az Unió külügyi és biztonságpolitikai főképviselője, Dimitrisz Avramopulosz, a migrációs ügyekért, az uniós belügyekért és az uniós polgárságért felelős biztos, valamint Věra Jourová, a jogérvényesülésért, a fogyasztópolitikáért és a nemek közötti esélyegyenlőségért felelős uniós biztos közös nyilatkozatot adtak ki.
Statement by First Vice-President Timmermans, High
Representative /Vice-President Mogherini and Commissioners Avramopoulos and
Jourová ahead of European Day of Remembrance of Victims of Terrorism on 11
March 2015
"Two months ago the terrorist attacks in Paris
produced a shock wave that reverberated throughout Europe and beyond. Across
Europe and the whole world people took to the streets and stood in solidarity.
This spirit remains very much alive.
The attacks in Paris, but also in Copenhagen and in
Brussels, will remain in our collective memory, along with earlier horrors
perpetrated in Madrid, London, as well as Mumbai, Boston, Bamako and many other
places.
Today, we remember and pay homage to the people who have
lost their lives in terrorist attacks in Europe and across the world. We
express our heartfelt sympathy and support to those who still bear the physical
and mental scars of such abominable acts. We also recall our commitment to
support the victims and their families, to strengthen their rights and defend
their interests throughout the EU.
We will continue to act with determination to counter
that which threatens our European and our fundamental values. The worst poison
in Europe's long history was fear. Fear begets intolerance and has no place on
our continent.
A Europe where communities do not feel safe or do not
feel they have a future here is unimaginable.We will uphold our ideals of
freedom of speech and thought, but also, of tolerance and dialogue. And we all
need to make sure that no community feels excluded from our European society.
One of the Commission's major tasks for this year is the
development of a new European Agenda for Security. We will defend our security
and our unity and we will do so in full respect of fundamental rights. Europe's
history has also taught us this: there can be no freedom without security and
no security without freedom.
So on this day we say once again: We stand strong and we
stand united."
Victims' Day Testimonial Event
11 March marks the eleventh anniversary of the Madrid train
bombings that killed 191 and injured at least 1800 people commuting to work.
The European Union has devoted 11 March to remembering all victims of terrorist
attacks in Europe and elsewhere in the world.
