Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-06-18-Speech-3-135"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-06-18"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Statute and financing of European political parties2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030618.9.3-135"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-06-18-Speech-3-1362
lpv:speaker	lp:Proinsias De Rossa2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, Mr Churchill, who I think was a Conservative, indicated on more than one occasion that he thought the democratic system was not great, but it was the best that we had and we had to defend it and protect it and, indeed, we have to regulate it. There is no doubt that all the evidence of history indicates that we have to regulate the funding of political parties. There is no other way of ensuring that parties are not corrupted. We have far too many examples right across Europe of private money corrupting politics and the regulators. A lot of people, certainly in my own country, are shocked that some of the money they have paid for buying a house has been used to corrupt the planning laws. They will be quite happy to have their tax money used to ensure that the political system remains uncorrupted or becomes corruption-free. There have been a lot of spurious arguments here tonight, particularly about thresholds for receiving funding. I am not aware of a single Member State in the European Union that does not have a regulation with regard to thresholds for the funding of political parties. Indeed, there are thresholds for getting elected to Parliament, never mind getting money for political parties. The Statute we are dealing with, taken together with the Statute of Members of Parliament and with the very positive outcome of the Convention, indicates a coming-of-age for the European Union. I hope that the summit this week takes its courage in its hands, approves this Statute and approves the outcome of the Convention. We can really say that we are on the way to creating a European demos, a real public space for the citizens of Europe."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; EMPL (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Labour Party (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; PES (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; PETI (2002-01-23--2004-07-19)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"De Rossa (PSE )."1

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