Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/1999-10-29-Speech-5-030"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"1999-10-29"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:British beef and veal2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.19991029.3.5-030"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:1999-10-29-Speech-5-0312
lpv:speaker	lp:Nigel Farage2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, let me say right from the outset that the UK Independence Party, my party – the members of which are so often dismissed as “little Englanders” – totally deplore the outbreaks of petty nationalism in the UK and France, over this beef issue However, I find it ironic that the EU institutions – which introduced the ban on British beef exports in 1996 – and which exist to promote the unity and cooperation of European nations, have by their original actions, created a political situation which has directly led to this disharmony. My party, which has a clear election manifesto to seek Britain’s withdrawal from the EU, notes that if the Commission had not interfered in the first place, back in 1996, individual nations would have been able to decide whether or not to buy British beef. At that time, a number of countries, particularly South African and Botswana, were willing to continue to buy British produce. Without the EU ban, Britain would have been free to exploit alternative markets, and this crisis would not have arisen. Now we have a classic demonstration that membership of the EU is bad for British business. It affirms my belief that it is about time that my own country recognised that our interests are best served by not being a member of this club. Most people in the UK thought we joined a free trade area but this crisis demonstrates it is anything but that. While the UK has obeyed EU law to the letter, other countries are running a cart and horse through the rule book. The “level playing field” is about as level as the decks of the Titanic after it hit the iceberg! Thus, while I wish the Commissioner well in his endeavours, I am afraid that whatever he does it will not be good enough. I, for one, will be urging my own government to leave this club and to rejoin the real trading world."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; PECH (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Malta Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-09-28--2002-01-14)3 member_of_the_bureau; EDD (1999-07-20--2001-12-10)3 member; ECON (1999-07-21--2000-02-02)3 unknown; UK Independence Party (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Farage (EDD )."1

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