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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2005-05-25"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Motion of censure2
dcterms:Language	"pt"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20050525.11.3-043"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2005-05-25-Speech-3-0442
lpv:speaker	lp:Miguel Portas2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 member; CULT (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 unknown; Bloco de Esquerda (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 member; EUL/NGL (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; AFET (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, the president of my group cannot be here in the House today, but he made his position clear in a letter published this morning. If the aim of the motion is public clarification as regards a potential conflict of interests, then that aim is being achieved as we speak. A number of members of my group put their names to this initiative, convinced that it would be a means of obtaining the necessary public explanations regarding the allegations that had been circulating and were consequently not expelled from our group, Mr Poettering. On the other hand, if the intention was, or is, one of censure based on the President of the Commission’s holiday, or using the holiday as an excuse, then that is something that we wish to have nothing to do with. The Left wing opposition in this House is political in nature. We do not seek to deflect attention away from the real issues that oppose us to the Commission, namely the neoliberal policies that it pursues. We would have taken a different view had Mr Latsis, the owner of the yacht, been involved in financial matters requiring a decision from the European institutions, in which case the services of the Commission would have been alerted about the ill advised holiday. As it happens, in this connection, nothing – nothing whatsoever – has yet been proven, and there is therefore no merit in this motion of censure. This is the view held my most members of the Group. Mr President, I was one of those who signed, and was among those who withdrew their signatures when satisfactory information was forthcoming. Mr Barroso’s holiday is not worthy of a minute of attention. Transparency, on the other hand, is very much worthy of constant attention, something that we must all strive for, in light of the disengagement between the citizens and the blindness of the current leaders of Europe. The promotion of transparency requires facts, rather than insinuation or obfuscation. Ladies and gentlemen, we do not advocate a free for all in the cause of promoting transparency; after all, people in glass houses should not throw stones. I want no part in this populist clamour. If we were to table a motion of censure it would seek the truth and block those policies that hinder employment, rights and the desire for peace in this world."@en1

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