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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2004-11-17"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Statement by Mr Barroso, President-elect of the Commission2
dcterms:Language	"de"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20041117.9.3-175"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-11-17-Speech-3-1762
lpv:speaker	lp:Silvana Koch-mehrin2
lpv:spokenAs	member; BUDG (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Freie Demokratische Partei - Die Liberalen (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Temporary committee on policy challenges and budgetary means of the enlarged Union 2007-2013 (2004-10-14--2005-06-08)3 substitute; CONT (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3 vice-chair; ALDE (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union (including Libya) (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr Barroso, democracy is not comfortable and nor is this European Parliament in which we sit. You will have noticed that. I am convinced, though, that democracy must be fought for day by day, and that, if we want democracy in Europe, we cannot wait for permission to be given before going into battle for it. So we urge you to prepare yourself; we Liberals and Democrats will be a critical partner over the next few years. We expect you, even now the composition of the Commission has changed, to put people and citizens’ rights first. We also demand that you pursue an economic policy guided quite explicitly by the principles of the market economy and one that takes to heart the truth that you cannot distribute what you have not earned. This will be a policy that requires reforms of the kind that are so very necessary in many Member States, including my own country, and so I ask you to very carefully observe whence criticism of your policies or even of individual Commissioners comes. It may be that it is not so much about the individual; perhaps it originates from that quarter that questions the principles of the market economy and is afraid of liberalism. Mr Barroso, we also hope that you will join with us in a common commitment to bring more democracy into Europe. We – your Commission and us in this House – should be allies against the national defenders of the status quo, who are to be found above all in the Council. For that, it is necessary that you should respect this House not only in extreme situations, and should also see us for what we are – the assembly of Europe’s citizens. As Karl Popper once put it, who rules is not important; what is important is that bad governments should be able to be voted out of office, and on that we take our stand."@en1

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