Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-10-02-Speech-2-202"
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"Mr President, first of all the Commissioner is being very facetious with his answers. The quote is directly from him. It is not an internal matter, it is something that he got involved in when he admittedly, privately, that if Mr Vaclav Klaus became premier again, the Czech Republic's EU entry chances would be harmed. The Czech Prime Minister said on a radio interview shortly afterwards, and I quote directly from what he said, 'I again repeat those words were not uttered publicly, nevertheless they have not been embargoed.'
Commissioner, do you deny that you made such a statement? Also, on matters exclusively for the Czech people – electing their leader, what stance they should take with regard to negotiations with their accession to the European Union, and particularly at a time when confidence building is required both within the EU and within the accession countries – do you think it is right that you as an official and a Member of the College of Commissioners should be interfering with the democratic wishes of the Czech people, or indeed the people of any country?
We would all like to see certain outcomes from elections because of our own political beliefs, but some of us have to temper our language and our thoughts because of the positions we hold. Therefore I would ask you, once again, to specifically either deny or admit that you made the statement and also to explain why you interfered in such a way?"@en1
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