Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-05-12-Speech-4-119"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2005-05-12"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Explanations of vote2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20050512.14.4-119"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2005-05-12-Speech-4-1202
lpv:speaker	lp:Geoffrey Van Orden2
lpv:spoken text	". While the Resolution has many positive points, for which I voted in favour, there are significant omissions and false emphases. The victory of 1945 would not have happened but for the steadfastness and courage of the United Kingdom and the British Empire fighting on alone and holding the German forces at bay for over a year after the fall of France. The Soviet communists were, of course, allies of the Nazis for the first 20 months of the War. After the War, the freedom of the West was guaranteed by the continuing engagement of US forces, through NATO, in the security of Europe. The United Kingdom contributed disproportionately to the success of this enterprise. And we should not underestimate the enormous contribution of certain key, resolute individuals - Margaret Thatcher, Ronald Reagan and Pope John Paul II - to the eventual collapse of Soviet tyranny. The anniversary of the end of the War should not be used as another opportunity to eulogise the role of the EU, a Project with some profoundly undemocratic aspects and which is heading in the wrong direction. The process of European integration is driven by a small political class and is certainly not ‘the result of a free decision by the people’."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation for relations with the NATO Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia and the South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 vice-chair; AFET (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the countries of south-east Europe (2004-09-28--2007-03-13)3 member; EPP-ED (2005-03-09--2009-07-13)3 member; SEDE (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 substitute; TRAN (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Conservative and Unionist Party (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Van Orden (PPE-DE ),"1 "in writing"1

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