Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/1999-09-17-Speech-5-054"
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"Mr President, as a new Member here, I am not rising to criticise the architecture and decoration of the building, although quite clearly I could. I agree with those other Members who think it is absolutely awful, but that is a matter of individual taste.
I wish to add my voice to the many comments that have already been made and say that I find it absolutely incomprehensible that we are even here in the first place, when we have perfectly good offices, meeting rooms and chambers in Brussels and that it is absurd that the whole “Euro-circus” has to come traipsing down to Strasbourg for three, possibly four days a month (5 days this week – I do apologise). European taxpayers have read the extensive press coverage about this building and they possibly think that we are all mad. Those people who are in favour of building Europe should not be surprised that the public treat it with great scepticism. Regarding the costs, I would like a letter from Mr Priestley outlining the costs. Perhaps we should publicise it a bit more, although I suspect that would get us into even more trouble with the electorate. My main plea is that since a treaty change was required to bring us here in the first place, surely we can all lobby in our political parties, our Governments, to get a treaty change to take us away and spend the money on something useful that the people would appreciate."@en1
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"Callanan (PPE )."1
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