Letter to Mr Dijsselbloem en

1. Brussels, 27 March 2017
Dear Mr. Dijsselbloem,
Earlier this week we have known the statements you have made to a communication media,
which we consider unequivocally discriminatory and offensive against several EU countries as
well as offensive and sexist towards women.
Shortly after the publication of your statements, you had the opportunity to rectify at the
European Parliament, but you avoided doing so. On the contrary, instead of apologizing, you
have said that the problem is that we do not understand the direct style of speech known to
Calvinist culture. In our opinion, Calvinist culture has nothing to do with disdain for other
people.
This is the reason why we are again asking you - as representatives of European citizens, who
have chosen us directly - to reflect and to rectify.
Your statements attack one of the most important values that underpin our European Union:
equality. In the last six decades, we have all managed together, Mr Dijsselbloem, to materialize
a dream that once seemed unthinkable: that Europeans should be equal in opportunities, rights
and obligations.
The EU is not just rules, meetings and political decisions. What supports all of this, what gives
meaning to the EU, are our common values, and equality as the most important one.
Therefore, respecting these values should be the first obligation for any European leader, Mr
Dijsselbloem. This includes assuming that European citizens, like any human being, are all
equally respectable, regardless of our gender and our country of origin or residence.
Attacking a certain group of countries as you have done is attacking each one of the EU
countries. Attacking women with humiliating expressions, equating them with things, is to
attack all people, men and women. Without distinction.
Many of us have not felt represented by you since we knew your statements. That is why we
respectfully ask you again to apologize and to resign from your current position.
Sincerely,

2. Manfred Weber
Esteban Gonzalez Pons
Elisabetta Gardini
Lorenzo Cesa
Paulo Rangel
Lefteris Christoforou
Viviane Reding
Milan Zver
Agustín Díaz De mera
Verónica Lope
Francisco Millán Mon
Gabriel Mato
Rosa Estaràs
Teresa Jiménez Becerril
Ramon Luis Valcárcel
Esther Herranz
Santiago Fisas
Antonio López-Istúriz
Ignacio Salafranca
Pilar Ayuso
Luis de Grandes
Pilar del Castillo
Carlos Iturgaiz
Francesc Gambús
Maite Pagazaurtundúa
Javier Nart
Carolina Punset
Maria Teresa Giménez Barbat
Beatriz Becerra
Calos Coelho

3. Claudia Monteiro de Aguiar
Fernando Ruas
José Inácio Faria
Jose Manuel Fernandes
Carlos Zorrinho
Salvatore Domenico Pogliese
Stefano Maullu
Alessandra Mussolini
Barbara Matera
Lara Comi
Giovanni La Via
Massimiliano Salini
Aldo Patriciello
David Borelli
Fabio Castaldo
Eleonora Forenza
Nicola Caputo
Elissavet Vozemberg
Maria Spyraki
Theodoros Zagorakis
Maria Sakorafa
Lampros Foutoulis
Georgios Epitideios
Frank Engel
Constance Le Grip
Jean Marie Cavada
Andrey Novakov
Nikolay Barekov
Michal Boni
Jaroslaw Walesa

4. Jacek Saryusz- Wolski
Cristian Dan Preda
Marian Jean Marinescu
Traian Ungureanu
Claudiu- Ciprian Tanasescu
Eleni Theocharous
Marc Tarabella
Louis Michel
Charlos Tannock
Julie Ward
Tomas Zdechovsky