Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-06-11-Speech-1-028"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-06-11"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Agenda2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20010611.3.1-028"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-06-11-Speech-1-0292
lpv:speaker	lp:Niall Andrews2
lpv:spoken text	"Madam President, I should like to say that it is a decision made by the Irish people, whether we like it or not, and I do not particularly like it. I want to say to the Eurosceptics in this House and throughout Europe that, whether they like it or not, that decision was made in good faith. At the same time it ill-behoves those anti-Europeans to dance on the grave of the Eastern European nations that are so anxious to join the European Union and to join us in this House. The Irish people are a generous people. We have accepted great support from the European Union since we joined it and we are prepared to give back a great deal of what we received. Confusion, however, was spread at a great rate by the fundamentalists of the left, by the fundamentalists of the right, by the cranks in the middle; and the truth was not properly sold. Let me say to the Commission and to the others that in future we must make these Treaties simple and comprehensible to the European people; but do not blame the Irish people for making a truly democratic decision. We must now reflect on that decision, each and every one of us in this House and throughout the European Union. It was a decision made in good faith."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; UEN (1999-07-20--2003-05-20)3 unknown; Fianna Fáil Party (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Development and Cooperation (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 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 member; Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs (2000-02-14--2002-01-14)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"(Applause)"1 "Andrews (UEN )."1

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