European Parliament member Marco Pannella Meets His Holiness
Friday, 1 February 2008, 10:30 a.m.
Member of the European Parliament Mr Marco Pannella was received by
His Holiness the Dalai Lama in his residence in Dharamsala, India
Dharamshala: Marco Pannella,
MEP, also leader of the Italian Radical Party and a member party of
Liberal International affiliate party (ELDR), was received by His
Holiness the Dalai Lama in his residence in Dharamshala, India, on 28
December 2007.
During their meeting, His Holiness and Mr Pannella discussed
the initiative of the Radical Party to label 2008 as the year of the
First World Satyagraha for Democracy, Justice and Freedom. Satyagraha
is a philosophy and practice of nonviolent resistance developed by
Indian spiritual and political leader Mohandas Gandhi.
His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Kalon Tripa Samdhong Rinpoche,
expressed their appreciation of the initiative, and claimed that no
other political party ever took such a Gandhian, nonviolent approach.
The Radical Partys application for observer membership in the Liberal
International will be discussed at the upcoming Belfast Congress in May
of this year.
Source: Liberal International
(www.tibet.net is the official website of the Central Tibetan Administration of His Holiness the Dalai Lama.)
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