Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-06-03-Speech-2-072"
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"Mr President, on a point of order, in relation to the point that has just been made I would like to thank President Cox on behalf of my group. As soon as that suspension took place, he wrote on behalf of Parliament, having received representations in relation to this issue from the leaders of the three largest groups from the UK. The work that is now being undertaken by the Strasbourg authorities, and also by the French authorities, has been prompted by the very swift action taken by the President.
My point, however, is that we are meeting on a day when there is a national air strike in France. I look around the Chamber and see that many Members are absent. Our democratic legitimacy, in terms of the votes that we take on important issues, is bound to be diminished if Members are prevented from participating in the democratic process because of action of that sort. I ask you, therefore, to convey to the President a request from the House that an analysis be undertaken of attendance here in part-sessions, on the occasions when, with alarmingly increased frequency, industrial action has been taken, which has made our job as representatives of the people of Europe infinitely more difficult."@en1
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