Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-06-08-Speech-3-032"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2005-06-08"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Preparations for the European Council, including the future of the Union after the referenda on the European constitution (Brussels, 16-17 June 2005)2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20050608.3.3-032"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2005-06-08-Speech-3-0332
lpv:speaker	lp:Jules Maaten2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2004-09-15--2007-02-14)3 member; ENVI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; ECON (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3 member_of_the_bureau; ALDE (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; AFCO (2004-09-03--2007-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Europe has a problem and that problem cannot simply be solved by working on presentation or by explaining more effectively how good Europe really is. Europe may speak to the minds of many; it no longer speaks to their hearts. Bureaucracy has the appeal of reinforced concrete and the customer-friendliness of a rhinoceros. The European institutions must be forced to listen more carefully to the European citizens, and I am therefore delighted that President Barroso echoed this in what he said. For what are we frightened of? Why should we not let the President of the European Commission be directly elected by all Europeans and why not have the possibility of a collective referendum about European laws? Not 25 national referenda but one European referendum. Actually give the public the power over the European Union. The question now arises of what type of reform the European Union would be able to handle. The Constitutional Treaty would have enabled the EU to process the enlargement. How is that now to be proceeded with? The MEPs in my party are for enlargement but consider it wise to put enlargement of the EU on ice until such time as we have sorted out our domestic affairs. After that, we will be happy to talk again about the accession of countries that meet the criteria. We need a new debate about what Europe is, where it is heading and where its borders are, and that debate should not be held among governments alone. It should be a Europe-wide, social debate about the economic and social future of our continent, again based, if need be, on something like the Convention, with a new mandate, a new composition and a new President. Europe must again be able to inspire people; Europe must stand for quality, for creativity and for democracy, a safe, free, tolerant and prosperous Europe. Europe has a problem but it also has an opportunity, and we must not be held back by the past."@en1

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