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Newsbrief:
Radical
Party
Anti-Prohibitionist
Wins
European
of
the
Year
in
European
Voice
Magazine
Online
Vote
12/6/02
Brussels' Musées des
Beaux-Arts was the scene Tuesday night of European Union-watching publication
European Voice's (http://www.europeanvoice.com)
Europeans of the Year awards, and the Transnational Radical Party's (http://www.radicalparty.org)
Marco Cappato went home with the top honor. Thanks in part to an
e-mail campaign by the Italian Radikale, Cappato, a Member of the European
Parliament (MEP), leading international anti-prohibitionist activist and
key partner in the DRCNet-initiated "Out from the Shadows" campaign, won
in a landslide, European Voice reported.
Cappato was only weeks ago
being chastised by a British magistrate for getting himself arrested for
cannabis possession in a protest of the treatment of Manchester cannabis
club owner Colin Davies and fellow MEP Chris Davies (no relation), who
preceded Cappato in his act of civil disobedience. But Tuesday night
he was among the recognized European glitterati.
Other award winners included:
US Secretary of State Colin Powell (Non-EU Citizen of the Year), Pope John
Paul II (Campaigner of the Year), EU Commission President Romano Prodi
(Diplomat of the Year), assassinated Dutch leader Pim Fortuyn (Politician
of the Year), and Irish campaigner for Romania's abandoned children and
MEP Emma Nicholson (MEP of the Year).
In his remarks, Cappato praised
European Voice readers for being open-minded enough to vote for both him
and the Pope -- the Radical Party has incurred the wrath of the Vatican
by successfully campaigning for the legalization of abortion and divorce
in Italy. But Cappato also spoke about his parliamentary report denouncing
plans for EU member states to snoop on phone, fax and e-mail communications.
"The fight against terrorism should be a strong priority," he said.
"But I also think that priority cannot in any way clash with basic and
fundamental human rights and freedoms."
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Issue #266, 12/6/02
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