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dcterms:Date	"2002-05-14"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Vote2
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20020514.8.2-154"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-05-14-Speech-2-1552
lpv:speaker	lp:Cecilia Malmström2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Folkpartiet liberalerna (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Latvia Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)3 substitute; AFCO (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America and Mexico (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; Delegation to the EU-Hungary Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-06--2004-04-30)3 member_of_the_bureau; ELDR (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I too voted in favour of Mr Stenmarck’s report, which is very sound and makes clear the costs of all this taking to the road. We must highlight this issue and discuss it in the Convention and in this House. I visit schools every week and, every time without exception, I am asked the question: why do you persist in moving between Brussels and Strasbourg? They know nothing about the EU, they perhaps do not know who President Prodi is, but they know that we move between Brussels and Strasbourg, and they think that that is insane. So do I. We make ourselves a laughing-stock. We are like a travelling theatre company. Because we operate in different places, the Council and others can say that, yes, it is a travelling Parliament and does not have very much influence. The cost is enormous. The waste of resources for ourselves as MEPs is also considerable, and there are always problems in getting here, what with cancelled and delayed planes etc. We need to make this beautiful building into something permanent. A Fatuzzo institute is a really excellent idea. It must have a significantly more important function than at present, however, so that, in the future, we can put our energies into the important political issues and not into travelling between Parliament’s two cities."@en1

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