Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-01-11-Speech-2-070"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2005-01-11"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Constitution for Europe2
dcterms:Language	"da"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20050111.5.2-070"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2005-01-11-Speech-2-0712
lpv:speaker	lp:Mogens Camre2
lpv:spokenAs	member; EMPL (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; SEDE (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 member; CONT (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Dansk Folkeparti (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 vice-chair; UEN (2004-07-20--2007-07-19)3 substitute; AFCO (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Chile Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, since the first six countries joined forces, the European Communities have developed a form of cooperation that is not perfect but that is nonetheless a form of cooperation between states of equal value whose governments have the last word concerning the states’ cooperative participation. What is more, the adherents of this Constitution have not today concealed the fact that Europe is to be governed not by the countries’ governments but by a strong Commission whose parliamentary legality lies in the directly elected European Parliament. My party and I dispute the sense and validity of this construction. This Constitution removes countries’ independence in favour of a non-transparent regime pursuing objectives that, in all too many cases, do not have grass-roots support. My country’s oldest constitutional document, the Jutish Law of 1241, states, for example, and I quote: ‘The law shall be honest and just, tolerable in terms of the country’s customs, appropriate, useful and clear, so that everyone might know and understand what the law says’. It may be said of the Constitution that we are debating in this House today that it is not honest about the intentions behind it. If it is just, it is only so in the eyes of those who wish to amass power throughout the whole of Europe. It is not tolerable for the majority of Europeans, for it only corresponds to the customs of a few countries. It is of no use in terms of free cooperation, and it is not clear, for no one can know and understand what the Constitution says. This draft Constitution must be rejected. Otherwise, the EU will end up as a regime of the big powers, which will damage the EU as a whole. I recommend the minority’s amendment. Europe deserves better."@en1

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