EU ban on Holocaust denial?

Bens Latkovskis comments on the German proposal for an EU-wide ban on Holocaust denial. "In Latvia, one could pass such a law without having to worry too much about practical consequences. Up to now, no important personality has denied publicly the mass murder of the Jews during World War II. But this kind of legal proposal would trigger a debate about the limits of democracy... And if our 'friends' in the west would like to see that happen, why not add a few other issues to the mix, such as a ban on denial of the Soviet occupation? That would effectively end the exasperating debate about whether Latvia was occupied or not in 1940."

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