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Por eso me he abstenido en la votación sobre la resolución legislativa.
. (FR) Hemos votado a favor del informe Buitenweg, que apoya y mejora en muchos puntos la propuesta de directiva del Consejo relativa a la aplicación del principio de igualdad de trato de las personas independientemente de su origen racial o étnico.
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 This is why I abstained during the vote on the legislative resolution.
We have voted for the Buitenweg report which supports and improves, in several respects, the proposal for a Council directive on implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of racial or ethnic origin.