Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-02-02-Speech-3-038"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-02-02"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Talks in Austria on forming a government2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20000202.4.3-038"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-02-02-Speech-3-0392
lpv:speaker	lp:Edward Mcmillan-scott2
lpv:spoken text	"Madam President, this debate was opened by Mr Da Costa, who merely confirms that the EU presidency is trying to influence the composition of a government of one of the Member States. This debate, and the background to it, reinforced the point that the Council, the Commission and this Parliament itself are dominated by Socialists. My delegation of 37 Conservative and Unionist Members from the United Kingdom reject absolutely the underlying philosophy, programme and tone of Austria’s Freedom Party. We share the widespread outrage at its attitude to history, in particular World War II, but also its policies on enlargement, on immigration, on race and its attitude to the European Union itself. We were also outraged, however, at the tolerance of the left for the tyranny, the terror and the excesses of the former USSR. Even today, surely it is high time for the Party of European Socialists to break their fraternal links with China’s Communist Party. Not a word was said by these same EU governments about coalition governments involving fellow-travelling communists in French or Italian governments, or in German state governments, or even the British government’s willingness to promote those with terrorist associations as ministers in Northern Ireland today. This, Madam President, is the hypocrisy of the left. So we condemn that hypocrisy and the double standards, especially of the British government and the other largely socialist heads of EU governments and include that of the United States. We should recognise, however, that the democratic process sometimes produces uncomfortable results. This requires action to address the underlying causes, including an examination of the electoral process itself. That should be our task, not political posturing."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member_of_the_bureau; EPP-ED (1999-10-12--2002-03-07)3 unknown; Conservative and Unionist Party (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 chair; Delegation to the European Economic Area Joint Parliamentary Committee (EEA) (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 member; Conference of Delegation Chairs (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 member; BUDG (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"(Applause)"1 "McMillan-Scott (PPE-DE )."1

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