Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-05-11-Speech-3-241"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2005-05-11"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Parliament's estimates for 20062
dcterms:Language	"sk"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20050511.19.3-241"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2005-05-11-Speech-3-2422
lpv:speaker	lp:Sergej Kozlík2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; ECON (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; NA (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Hnutie za demokratické Slovensko (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; BUDG (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Chairman, Madam Commissioner, distinguished House. The most recent opinion poll surveying the attitudes of Slovakia’s citizens to the European Union has given a clear answer. A year into the EU accession, 83% of Slovakia’s general public have a positive opinion of that step, and today the Slovak Parliament ratified the draft Constitution for Europe. On the other hand, the citizens of Slovakia are becoming extremely sensitive to the problems associated with constraints on the exercise of the MEP mandate, especially of the Members representing the new States. These constraints are due to the time-consuming administrative processes within the European Parliament in providing linguistic support, adequate translation capacities and availability of interpretation services in the parliamentary committees and political groups. The draft resolution to the European Parliament budget tabled by Mr Dombrovskis – and I am taking this opportunity to thank him for his fine job – aptly responds to this situation. It is only regrettable that the original wording of the draft resolution, which described delays in recruiting new staff as unacceptable, has been replaced in the current version by a softer attribute, ‘deplorable’. Inadequate linguistic support undermines the principle of equal opportunities and limits the exercise of the MEP mandate, especially of MEPs from the new Member States. This essentially implies discrimination, which is contrary to the spirit of a united Europe, a Europe that we were joining as new members, and is genuinely unacceptable. It would be undoubtedly deplorable and inappropriate if approval rates vis-à-vis a united Europe were to decline in the new Member States as a result of shortcomings in the administration of the European Parliament rather than due to budgetary restraints."@en1

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