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The Dalai Lama addressing members of the European Parliament in Strasbourg on 15 September 2016. (Photo: ICT)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The Dalai Lama called on Europe to engage in \u2018constructive criticism\u2019 of China after being welcomed by the President of the European Parliament in Strasbourg yesterday (September 15) following high-profile visits to Paris and Brussels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite pressure from the Chinese mission to the EU to cancel the meetings \u2013 framed by the Chinese side as \u201crepeated persuasion\u201d \u2013 the Dalai Lama held discussions with European Parliament President Martin Schulz and members of the Foreign Affairs Committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vincent Metten, EU Policy Director at the International Campaign for Tibet said: \u201cThe welcome accorded to the Dalai Lama in Strasbourg by the European Parliament sends a clear message of the importance of the Dalai Lama as a respected global leader, whose views are valued and heard at high-levels across the world. It also indicates the considerable support and sympathy with the Tibetan cause that exists among people in Europe. European Parliamentarians and institutions are clearly also sending a message to China that it is not up to the Beijing leadership to set the agenda of a democratic European institution or any EU leaders.\u201d[1]<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

On his fifth visit to the European Parliament, the Dalai Lama said that the EU should offer \u201cconstructive criticism\u201d to China. \u201cThere is hope and I think it is important that the outside world, particularly like the EU, I think with sincere motivation to in order to help People\u2019s Republic of China with some sort of constructive criticism, is sometimes necessary,\u201d he said. The Dalai Lama also expressed his admiration for the spirit of the European Union because it worked for the common interest of the people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dalai Lama with Martin Schultz, President of the European Parliament, in Brussels on 15 September 2016. Photo \u00a9 European Parliament<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

President of the European Parliament Martin Schulz said: \u201cWe discussed at length about global affairs and the human rights situation in the world. I deeply thank the Dalai Lama for this frank, open, spiritually enriching and wide-ranging discussion.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Welcoming the Dalai Lama, foreign affairs committee chair Elmar Brok, a German member of the EPP group, told him: \u201cWe believe you are a great religious leader at a time of war and violence. A message of peace and compassion is what we want to hear. These are values we can all endorse.\u201d MEP Brok mentioned that Chinese Mission to the EU unsuccessfully pressured the European Parliament to try to block the meetings with the Dalai Lama (watch some extracts of the Dalai Lama\u2019s intervention at the Foreign Affairs Committee<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Angered by the reception of the Dalai Lama in Strasbourg, a Chinese official announced that an upcoming visit by MEPs to China would be postponed.[2]<\/sup> <\/span>A delegation from the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee had planned to travel next week to meet officials in Shanghai and Beijing, including a visit to the Shanghai Stock Exchange and the Ministry of Finance, and it is likely this trip will now take place at a later date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mr Thorbj\u00f8rn Jagland, Secretary General of the Council of Europe, welcomes His Holiness the Dalai Lama ahead of his address to diplomats and officials representatives at the Council of Europe on 15 September 2016. Photo \u00a9 Council of Europe<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The Dalai Lama also visited the Council of Europe yesterday (September 15), where he met the Secretary General Thorbj\u00f8rn Jagland, the President of the Parliamentray Assembly Pedro Agramunt and Commissioner for Human Rights Nils Mui\u017enieks. The Dalai Lama delivered an address at the Palais de l\u2019Europe<\/em> to the diplomatic community and representatives of Council of Europe bodies. He expressed his belief that moral education based on what he called \u201cuniversal values\u201d is the key to achieving greater compassion in the world. In his introduction, Council of Europe Secretary General Thorbj\u00f8rn Jagland paid tribute to the Dalai Lama\u2019s long standing commitment to the many values he shares with the Organisation. Secretary General Jagland also tweeted that, in a separate meeting, the Dalai Lama told him that world leaders should think more of the common good than of their own interests (Watch the full address of His Holiness the Dalai Lama<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chinese officials also made unsuccessful attempts to block the attendance of Mr Jan Peumans, President of the Flemish Parliament, at a meeting with the Dalai Lama and Tibet Support Groups from all over the world on September 8 in Brussels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For day by day documentation of the Dalai Lama\u2019s current visit to Europe, see: <\/em>http:\/\/dalailama.com\/news<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Footnotes:<\/strong>
[1]<\/strong><\/span> See the recent opinion poll by IFOP in France http:\/\/www.ifop.com\/?option=com_publication&type=poll&id=3481<\/a><\/a><\/span>
[2]<\/strong><\/span> A Chinese official informed Parliament that \u201cin view of the President Martin Schulz [insisting] on meeting with the Dalai Lama (\u2026) despite China\u2019s repeated persuasion\u201d it had postponed the MEPs visit (www.politico.eu<\/a>). The European Parliament\u2019s spokesperson, confirmed on 15th September that \u201cWe have just learned from the Chinese Mission to the EU that the ECON delegation visit to China has been postponed, due to the visit of the Dalai Lama today.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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