Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-04-14-Speech-5-019"

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dcterms:Date	"2000-04-14"^^xsd:date2
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dcterms:Language	"de"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20000414.2.5-019"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-04-14-Speech-5-0202
lpv:speaker	lp:Martin Schulz2
lpv:spokenAs	vice-chair; Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-07-22--2000-10-26)3 unknown; Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Cyprus Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-10-08--2002-01-14)3 member; PES (1999-07-20--2000-10-03)3 member; Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I will not actually speak for very long, but, so far, if I disregard the comments made by Mrs Oomen-Ruijten, only those in favour of the process have been allowed to speak. We do have individual opinions within our Group. The delegates in the Socialist Group are not unanimous here. I would therefore like to speak as someone who is against this process. I would ask the Members who this morning requested that the vote be postponed in the absence of a quorum to consider the following: if you want to reform the Rules of Procedure, which are indispensable in this House, if you want to improve our working practice, you cannot achieve this through impulsive actions; instead you must initiate a full debate on reform of the House. The delegates who are here this morning, who have done their work, who spent yesterday evening preparing for the work to be carried out today, are being punished here today, by a spontaneous action, for the fact that not everyone in Parliament has done their homework. I do not think this is fair to these delegates! Finally, I would ask you to consider the following, and I am addressing this to my colleagues in the Greens and in the left-wing Groups of this House, who have the somewhat remarkable impression that through the Rules of Procedure you can change the free mandate into an imperative mandate with a duty to be present for all votes. That is nonsense! You will never be able to compel a freely elected delegate to take part in a parliamentary session or a vote if that delegate does not want to. This is why I consider this morning’s action to be impulsive, although it did perhaps serve a purpose, but, in terms of highlighting the key issue, it was quite unhelpful!"@en1
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