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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2005-06-22"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Lloyd’s Affair2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20050622.19.3-175"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2005-06-22-Speech-3-1762
lpv:speaker	lp:Paul van Buitenen2
lpv:spoken text	"The Commission should reply to Parliament’s question as to whether the UK properly applied the Non-Life Insurance Directive between 1978 and 2001. As this question relates to the internal market, there are no grounds to refuse to make such a reply. In November 2003 Commissioner Bolkestein refused to give a proper answer. The committees responsible then asked the President of Parliament to take legal action against the Commission. A few months later it was indicated that the necessary legal requirements would not have been met. Now again, a year later, a new resolution has been tabled. Colleagues, we are now eight years on from what was in this case the first of many petitions. It is almost two years since the overwhelming vote on the first resolution on the Lloyd’s affair. Thousands of citizens were driven into bankruptcy and are now, as we speak, still at risk. Some have committed suicide. This is the result of deliberate and systematic deception in the Lloyd’s affair. When it is dealing with a petition, not the role, but the credibility of this Parliament is at stake. If the European citizens write to us to turn to us for help, and Member States fail, a successful case before the European Court of Justice would enhance Parliament’s role in the examination of petitions. Commissioner, if no progress is made, I must conclude that Parliament is unable to help the European citizens who ask for its help. In that case, I must apply other techniques in an effort to wake this House; to get justice for tens of thousands of European citizens who are terrorised by this affair."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; PETI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Europa Transparant (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; CONT (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; G/EFA (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Switzerland, Iceland and Norway and to the European Economic Area (EEA) Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2007-03-14)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Paul van Buitenen (Verts/ALE ). –"1

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