Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-06-08-Speech-3-051"

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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	"es"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20050608.3.3-051"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2005-06-08-Speech-3-0522
lpv:speaker	lp:Enrique Barón Crespo2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; ECON (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)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 member; Delegation for relations with the United States (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 member; Conference of Committee Chairs (2004-07-28--2007-01-15)3 chair; INTA (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Partido Socialista Obrero Español (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; PES (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Mr President-in-Office of the Council, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, why do we complain so much that politics has entered European life? We all know that politics is not a long calm river and that sometimes it can also be a furious current. I would like to say, firstly, that this process must continue, because we are all equal, we all have the right to express ourselves, and our precursors, the Swiss, have also expressed themselves in favour of the European Union in a referendum in which they decided to enter Schengen. Secondly, a ‘no’ is worth as much as a ‘yes’, but a ‘no’ is not a right to veto, and those who have said ‘no’ must say what they want to do. Do they want to stay with us or to leave? They must say it, not us. Since I am the first speaker who comes from a country that has said ‘yes’ in a referendum, please allow me to give some pieces of advice. Firstly, in Spain we held a referendum on the European Constitution and I would like to pay tribute to all the opposition parties, who talked about Europe and not about our domestic problems. Secondly, we must talk about Europe and we must speak well. As Mr Zapatero said during the campaign, to speak well about Europe is a weapon of mass construction. We have expressed clearly our gratitude for the ‘Marshall Plan’ which has come to us from Europe and we have tried to generate hope. Because there is much talk here about problems and complaints, but our duty is to generate hope and responses to the problems of the people, not to complain. I must say that we need to reflect on what must be done, but we must not stop. If we stop, the ‘no’ syndicate will say that it has won and that is a risk we cannot accept. I will end by saying to the President-in-Office of the Council that it should add two things to its list: we must defend the euro and we must work actively within the Doha Round, which is where globalisation is going to be debated this year."@en1
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