Mise à l'honneur d'un ministre faschiste oustachi et adhésion de la Croatie à l'Union européenne
QUESTION ÉCRITE E-1955/04 posée par Tobias Pflüger (GUE/NGL) à la Commission (1 septembre 2004)
Que pense la Commission des honneurs qui ont été rendus à un ministre du régime fasciste oustachi de Croatie, dans la perspective de la demande d'adhésion de la Croatie à l'Union européenne?
Selon certains journaux (notamment la Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung du 28 août 2004), le gouvernement croate n'a rien fait jusqu'ici pour empêcher l'inauguration d'une plaque commémorative à la mémoire de Milan Budak. Durant la deuxième Guerre mondiale, Budak était ministre de la formation, de la religion et des affaires étrangères de l'État indépendant de Croatie, inféodé à l'Allemagne national-socialiste et a promulgué les lois racistes du régime oustachi qui ont ouvert la voie à l'élimination des Juifs de Yougoslavie.
Answer given by Mr Patten on behalf of the commission (14.10.2004)
On 21 August 2004 a granite memorial plaque dedicated to Mile Budak (ex NDH (Nezavisna Drzava Hrvatska) official during the Second World War), was set into the wall in the village of Sveti Rok (Dalmatian hinterland). The Government of Croatia expressed its displeasure over the appearance of the memorial. It stated that local authorities were in charge of its removal. Since the Municipality failed to do so, the Government, at its extraordinary session of 26 August 2004, decided to remove the monument, as well as the one dedicated to another NDH official, Jure Francetic, which was erected in 2000 in his home town Slunj. It explained that the fascist memorials harm Croatia's reputation and are detrimental to the country’s interest. On 27 August 2004, special police forces removed both memorials in Sveti Rok and in Slunj.
In addition, the Government is planning to present to the Parliament a draft law on Monuments and amendments to the Criminal Code which would ban the glorification and promotion of totalitarian regimes. The Croatian Government therefore appear determined to continue with its pro-European policy, clearly distancing itself from the fascist Ustasha movement of World War II.
Que pense la Commission des honneurs qui ont été rendus à un ministre du régime fasciste oustachi de Croatie, dans la perspective de la demande d'adhésion de la Croatie à l'Union européenne?
Selon certains journaux (notamment la Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung du 28 août 2004), le gouvernement croate n'a rien fait jusqu'ici pour empêcher l'inauguration d'une plaque commémorative à la mémoire de Milan Budak. Durant la deuxième Guerre mondiale, Budak était ministre de la formation, de la religion et des affaires étrangères de l'État indépendant de Croatie, inféodé à l'Allemagne national-socialiste et a promulgué les lois racistes du régime oustachi qui ont ouvert la voie à l'élimination des Juifs de Yougoslavie.
Answer given by Mr Patten on behalf of the commission (14.10.2004)
On 21 August 2004 a granite memorial plaque dedicated to Mile Budak (ex NDH (Nezavisna Drzava Hrvatska) official during the Second World War), was set into the wall in the village of Sveti Rok (Dalmatian hinterland). The Government of Croatia expressed its displeasure over the appearance of the memorial. It stated that local authorities were in charge of its removal. Since the Municipality failed to do so, the Government, at its extraordinary session of 26 August 2004, decided to remove the monument, as well as the one dedicated to another NDH official, Jure Francetic, which was erected in 2000 in his home town Slunj. It explained that the fascist memorials harm Croatia's reputation and are detrimental to the country’s interest. On 27 August 2004, special police forces removed both memorials in Sveti Rok and in Slunj.
In addition, the Government is planning to present to the Parliament a draft law on Monuments and amendments to the Criminal Code which would ban the glorification and promotion of totalitarian regimes. The Croatian Government therefore appear determined to continue with its pro-European policy, clearly distancing itself from the fascist Ustasha movement of World War II.
Tobias Pflüger - 2005/03/08 17:10
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