A serious concern of the EGP is the growing tendency to exclude certain groups of individuals from public areas through the use of questionable police measures.
Based on the cynical grounds of “cleaning up public areas” and “city-care” expulsion and detaining measures were imposed also in Swiss cities. At first proclaimed against persons with social disadvantages or persons without fixed residency, these measures now go beyond that, progressively turning against all persons deviating from a so-called “normal” (ie. Consumer-orientated) life-style.
In this same frame of mind a constitutionally-adverse special law was resolved under the dictate of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) for the EURO 08, permitting, among other things, expulsion without proof of law infringement, registration orders, prohibited entrance and police custody even towards children and youths.
Such enforced measures clearly contradict the constitutional rights of personal freedom as well as the freedom of assembly, movement and sojourn. These measures are arbitrary and discriminating and unworthy of a democratic, open society.
The EGP therefore appeals to member parties and all democratic and constitutionally-minded people to defend these constitutional rights also against powerful, commercial interests such as for example those behind the EURO 08. The uninhibited access to public areas and public events must not be in any way restricted by either police-judicial or private measures!
