SUMMARY: Reports on the excellent results of the discussion that took place in Belgrade, organized by the Radical Party.(Radical News agency, September 23, 1990)
Belgrade, September 23 - "We are not here to act in the defense of human rights in the Kosovo area. There is no reason of State that can justify the repression against the Albanian minority in the formerly autonomous region of Kosovo. We are here because we want a democratic Yugoslavia in the United States of Europe.
"Serbian policies in relation to Kosovo must change.
If the Yugoslavia Committee of the European Parliament will not deem it necessary to come to Belgrade, as it has failed to do for almost one year, then we members of the Radical Party commit ourselves to taking thirty members of the European Parliament to Serbia to attempt to demand a dialogue and to stop policies that are leading Yugoslavia to ruin and civil war".
"This is the beginning of Marco Pannella's speech at the meeting organized by the Radical Party yesterday, here in Belgrade. In spite of the late hour, the speakers went on until 2:00 A.M., when, due to technical reasons, it became no longer possible to continue the discussion. The debate which was at times ferociously polemical, allowed many of the people of Belgrade to express themselves freely on topics that are still -and wrongly so--considered taboo in the Serbian capital.
Many Serb nationalists were present in the hall, and that had caused fears that the meeting would be disrupted. But everything went well; so much so that towards the end even some young Albanians spoke up.
