Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-03-11-Speech-2-030"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-03-11"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Commission policy strategy for 2004/2004 budget guidelines2
dcterms:Language	"fi"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030311.3.2-030"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-03-11-Speech-2-0312
lpv:speaker	lp:Esko Seppänen2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Estonia Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)3 unknown; Vasemmistoliitto (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the European Economic Area Joint Parliamentary Committee (EEA) (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 member_of_the_bureau; EUL/NGL (1999-10-13--2004-07-19)3 substitute; BUDG (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioners, I have had a poor impression in the European Convention of the direction in which the EU’s policy on languages is heading. There the proposed amendments to the Praesidium’s draft constitution are not translated into the official languages of the EU. The discussions held by the Convention’s working groups have only been interpreted into two or three languages. A constitution is being drafted, however, which is at a higher level than the Member States’ national legislation. As the Convention is called the Convention on the Future, language restrictions and the destruction of national linguistic identities would seem to be the future of the EU. Both budget reports give attention to language, translation and interpreting. When Mrs Gill speaks of controlled multilingualism I am not sure that that means equality for all languages. When distance interpreting is mentioned, I am not sure that that means distance interpreting for all languages. If not all languages in the EU are to be used equally, let us draw lots for those languages that are to be the so-called working languages. Another linguistic outrage is the fact that the European Parliament visitor’s service no longer has a Finnish-speaking official. Otherwise, the guidelines for the budgetary procedure are on such a general level that there are only a few general remarks to make. Parliament’s unanimous political will would seem to be that there should be a determination to reduce the amount of unpaid payment appropriations, or RALs. Many in our group oppose the introduction of financial support for Europarties, as the parties would then become supranational. As regards Mr Wynn’s report, which is the next to be discussed, some amendments to it have been tabled calling for the introduction of ‘Eurotaxes’ to finance the work of the EU. These supranational taxes are unacceptable to many in our group."@en1

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