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From the office of the Green MEPs

24 March, 2003

'WAR MAKES WORLD MORE DANGEROUS'

- LONDON MEP GREEN MEP TAKES PEACE MESSAGE TO 1000s AT LONDON RALLY

THE ongoing war in Iraq will make the world a more dangerous place, London's Green MEP Jean Lambert warned thousands of peace protestors at the mass rally in Hyde Park on Saturday (March 22).

Speaking to tens of thousands following two marches through central London organised by the Stop the War Coalition, Mrs Lambert said: "This illegal war will create more problems than it solves.

"This war is dividing the world. It is illegal, immoral, will fail to stop the spread of terrorism and will not make the world a safer place," she said.

The only MEP to address the rally, Mrs Lambert also said Blair's attitude to war and the US was creating new divisions in Europe just as many hoped we were beginning to heal the divisions of the past.

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Note to Editors

Full details of the rally can be found at www.stopwar.org.uk

Photos of Mrs Lambert at the rally on Saturday are available in jpeg format on request. For a full copy of Mrs Lambert's speech contact Ben or Gemma on the numbers below.

For more information please contact Ben Duncan on 020 7407 6280 or Gemma
Stunden on 020 7407 6269