Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-12-14-Speech-2-040"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2004-12-14"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Strategic political orientations2
dcterms:Language	"pl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20041214.5.2-040"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-12-14-Speech-2-0412
lpv:speaker	lp:Maciej Marian Giertych2
lpv:spokenAs	chair_of_the_bureau; IND/DEM (2004-07-20--2005-12-14)3 member; AFET (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Japan (2004-11-18--2005-12-14)3 member; Delegation for relations with the United States (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 substitute; ENVI (2004-07-21--2005-12-14)3 substitute; DROI (2004-09-14--2005-12-14)3 unknown; Liga Polskich Rodzin (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I am delighted that Mr Barroso wishes to be informed of the views held by this House on the work of the Commission. I shall now make my comments. Not a single European Union competence has been devolved to the Member States since the principle of subsidiarity was announced. It is high time we took subsidiarity seriously, and took the Member States seriously too. It is time to recognise that Member States must not be dictated to over issues they are very well able to settle for themselves. Indeed, excessive regulation is the next issue I would like to mention. We must stop regulating everything. That is the socialist approach, and socialism has been proven to fail people. The Member States need to regain their freedom. My third comment is that the worst type of regulation is to be found in the common agricultural policy, which should be done away with. It is unfair to poorer Member States, especially to countries that were previously part of the Soviet bloc. There is one notable exception to this rule, however. The former German Democratic Republic, or East Germany, received the same treatment as members of the old Fifteen from the moment it joined the Union. Unequal treatment of this kind must cease. Why should a Polish farmer receive worse treatment that one in the former East Germany? The common agricultural policy is also unfair to poor countries outside the Union, and it should simply be dispensed with. Farmers within and without the Union should be granted freedom and equality. My last comment concerns the approaching referendums on the Constitution. Care must be taken to ensure that they are democratic, and that both supporters and opponents of the Constitution enjoy equal rights and equal access to the public media. It is all well and good to support democracy in Ukraine, Iraq and Palestine, but first and foremost we must nurture it amongst ourselves."@en1
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