Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/1999-11-17-Speech-3-227"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"1999-11-17"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Treaty reform/next IGC2
dcterms:Language	"da"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.19991117.7.3-227"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:1999-11-17-Speech-3-2282
lpv:speaker	lp:Jens-Peter Bonde2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation to the European Economic Area Joint Parliamentary Committee (EEA) (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3 substitute; CONT (1999-07-21--2001-04-23)3 member; Delegation for relations with Switzerland, Iceland and Norway (1999-09-28--2002-01-14)3 member; AFCO (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 unknown; JuniBevægelsen (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Conference of Presidents (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 co-chair; EDD (1999-07-20--2001-01-29)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, the essence of democracy is being able to go to the polls and obtain a new majority and subsequently a new law. Laws are not sacred cows. They are texts which can be changed by a new majority in Parliament. The voters always have the final say. That is the case in all our countries but, when we legislate in the Community, democracy goes by the board, so that the voters no longer have the final say where the laws are concerned. Officials and ministers have taken over from the legislature. Each new majority decision in the EU is an erosion of parliamentary democracy, and that is why, yesterday, we set up an intergroup for parliamentary democracy. Its working title is SOS Democracy or Democracy First, and we shall be gathering people together from every group for the purpose of securing democracy in the next Treaty and of bringing about complete openness within the EU. The intergroup is broadly based, its members ranging from British Conservatives to left-wing socialists. We have members from all political groups in this Chamber. We vote differently here on most questions, but we are in agreement about the fact that our differences should be settled in democratically elected parliaments and among the electorate. Officials and ministers should not decide which of us are right. We do not accept that a Commission in Brussels should decide whether or not elected representatives of the people can receive a proposal for debate. We certainly cannot accept that the EU Executive should now be preparing for another Intergovernmental Conference whose essential aim is to shift power from the voters and their elected representatives to behind the closed doors of offices in Brussels. There is a need for SOS Democracy because democracy comes first."@en1

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