Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-10-23-Speech-1-034"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-10-23"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Statements by the President2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20001023.3.1-034"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-10-23-Speech-1-0352
lpv:speaker	lp:Jean-Claude Martinez2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Front national (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of South America and MERCOSUR (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3 substitute; CONT (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 member; AGRI (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; TGI (1999-07-20--2001-10-02)3
lpv:translated text	"Just because, Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, we are supposed to be discussing the order of business does not mean that we have to take orders as to our business. A number of Members of Parliament have had a fantastic dream, this I can understand. They have dreamt of building the kind of federal state envisaged by Chairman Spinelli, for instance, or turning our Treaties into a constitution. Well, today, acknowledging that the jurisdiction of the European Parliament is subject to a State, regardless of which one this is, and has a bounden duty to terminate the mandate of one of our fellow Members, would be to admit that Parliament is not a sovereign assembly and must yield to national legal or government authorities. Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, we have the opportunity to take a great step towards your dream, one I do not, however, personally share. Simply by acknowledging that the European Parliament has the discretionary power to settle the matter of the termination of the mandate, you will have gone some way towards achieving your federal dream. Otherwise, Madam President, in yielding to the authority of others, you are effectively taking a step backwards."@en1

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