Silvia Sardone is an Italian member of the European Parliament for the Lega party. The following video shows remarks made by Ms. Sardone on the floor of the EP.
Many thanks to HeHa for the translation, and to Vlad Tepes and RAIR Foundation for the subtitling:
Video transcript:
| 00:00 | I am ashamed. I am ashamed of a European Union that pretends to support | |
| 00:05 | the Iranian women’s protest and to remember great Mahsa Amini’s courage. | |
| 00:11 | I am ashamed because it is you who promote the Islamic veil for your events. | |
| 00:17 | Now we have been seeing the hijab represented in a positive light in the | |
| 00:21 | communications and social networks of European institutions for years. | |
| 00:25 | We have seen it during the Conference on the Future of Europe, the events on youth, | |
| 00:29 | in the publications on the environment, on Human Rights Day, in Gender Equality, and | |
| 00:33 | even on Anti-Homophobia Day. | |
| 00:36 | I am ashamed of a European Union who is under the thumb of Islam. | |
| 00:40 | I am ashamed of a European Union that sees the Islamic veil as an instrument of | |
| 00:44 | integration and diversity, when, on the contrary, it oppresses women. | |
| 00:48 | I am ashamed of a European Union that turns its back on the many women who want | |
| 00:55 | to be free, to not wear it, to dress as they prefer, to go out, to love and to marry | |
| 01:01 | whomever they want. Today, more than ever, it must be reiterated that the Islamic veil is not a | |
| 01:07 | symbol of freedom, but of submission. No to the Islamic veil. Thank you. | |
| 01:13 | [APPLAUSE] |
Yea we hear all the useless words
But is something done?
Nothing
So keep your mouth shut and do something