Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/1999-11-17-Speech-3-232"

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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	"sv"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.19991117.7.3-232"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:1999-11-17-Speech-3-2332
lpv:speaker	lp:Jonas Sjöstedt2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Members from the European Parliament to the Joint Parliamentary Assembly of the Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Union (ACP-EU) (1999-09-14--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Vänsterpartiet (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; EUL/NGL (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Delegation to the European Economic Area Joint Parliamentary Committee (EEA) (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3 substitute; AFCO (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, the turnout at this year’s election for the European Parliament fell in almost all Member States where other elections had not been arranged at the same time. If seats were to be left empty in this Chamber to represent all those who did not vote, 322 places would be unoccupied. This just goes to prove that democratic support for the European Parliament is weaker than that for the national parliaments. In spite of that, the report which we are discussing proposes that precisely these national parliaments are to lose a very great deal more influence over both their own national policies and over the EU’s treaties and policies. Power is to be transferred to bodies for which democratic support is weaker, for example, the European Parliament, or else non-existent, for example the Commission or the European Court of Justice. We on the Nordic left are therefore going to vote against most parts of the motion for a resolution which demands, among other things, that more decisions should be made at supranational level, that national influence over the Treaty should be limited and that the dominance of the big States should be increased."@en1

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