Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-06-22-Speech-3-051"

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dcterms:Date	"2005-06-22"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:European Council/Luxembourg Presidency2
dcterms:Language	"es"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20050622.13.3-051"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2005-06-22-Speech-3-0522
lpv:speaker	lp:Gerardo Galeote2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; AFET (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3,3 chair; REGI (2004-07-23--2007-01-14)3,3 member; Delegation for relations with the United States (2004-09-15--2007-01-17)3,3 member_of_the_bureau; EPP-ED (2004-08-31--2009-07-13)3,3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Mercosur (2004-09-16--2007-03-13)3,3 unknown; Partido Popular (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3,3 member; Conference of Committee Chairs (2004-07-28--2007-01-15)3,3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, I hope that Minister Schmit can hear me, because I would like to say that what the citizens are demanding now, quite rightly, is greater transparency. I believe that the President of your government was expressing everybody's feelings when he said quite clearly that he felt ashamed. It is incredible that certain Member States should make all kinds of statements of a Europeanist nature, saying that they want more Europe inside and outside our borders, while at the same time they demand a drastic reduction in their contribution to the Union’s budgets. It is not acceptable for certain governments to complain about their net contribution to the European Union without taking account of their commercial balance with the other Member States. The case of Germany in relation to certain Member States, such as my own, Spain, speaks volumes. Germany's net deficit with the European Union is less than my country’s commercial deficit with, in fact, Germany. Neither is it acceptable, Mr Schmit, that certain Heads of Government should say one thing within the Council and then say something quite different to the media in their countries. I would therefore like to ask whether it is true that there have even been certain Member States that have promised their support in the final vote and have then changed their minds and voted against. I would ask you to respond. It is precisely because of cases such as this, and regardless of what is laid down in the draft Constitutional Treaty, that debates in the Council must be made transparent, however shameful they may be. Finally, Minister, I would like to wish you the best of luck on the 10th."@en1

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