Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-06-14-Speech-3-047"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-06-14"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:European political parties2
dcterms:Language	"fi"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20000614.3.3-047"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-06-14-Speech-3-0482
lpv:speaker	lp:Esko Seppänen2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Vasemmistoliitto (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; BUDG (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3 member_of_the_bureau; EUL/NGL (1999-10-13--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 substitute; CONT (2000-05-03--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Estonia Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, this is a question of democracy. Democracy is transparency, public accessibility, rule by the people, and participation. The current European political parties do not represent transparency or public accessibility. It is a rhetorical question, but who of us knows anything about the European political parties? The only certainty is that some groups in the European Parliament have given financial support to the Europarties, contrary to the regulations concerning parliamentary funds. They have been discovered in the investigations conducted by the Court of Auditors. I suspect these abuses are now being covered up. The European political parties do not represent democracy. They are parties of parties and that means that the public does not have the opportunity to participate directly in their activities. For rule by the nation, you need a nation. Europe is not a nation; it is nations. We have no concept of supranational democracy. Now, supranational rules and regulations for Europarties controlled by the big countries are being drawn up, with the Commission’s support, by the big parties in the big countries. Parties of parties are not democracy."@en1

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