How is "author. - Mr President, the European Union in general, and this Parliament in particular, has a very proud record - an honourable tradition - of opposing the death penalty." said in German?

Show your work and conclude with the exact phrasing "Therefore, the final answer is [answer]." where [answer] is just the final number or expression that solves the problem.
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Verfasser. - Herr Präsident! Die Europäische Union im Allgemeinen und dieses Parlament im Besonderen haben eine sehr stolze Bilanz - eine ehrenvolle Tradition - der Ablehnung der Todesstrafe.