Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-06-23-Speech-4-029"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2005-06-23"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Programme of the British Presidency2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20050623.4.4-029"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2005-06-23-Speech-4-0302
lpv:speaker	lp:Françoise Grossetête2
lpv:spokenAs	vice-chair; EPP-ED (2004-07-20--2007-02-14)3 substitute; ITRE (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Union pour un Mouvement Populaire (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; ENVI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Gulf States, including Yemen (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Prime Minister, you say that you want to level out the anomalies in Europe. Well, your presence in Brussels today is an anomaly. You should know that the programme of activities for a Presidency of the European Council is presented in Strasbourg, the official site of the European Parliament. Yes, Europe is in crisis, the Summit was a failure and your coming Presidency is faced with a crucial choice: either Europe will be a huge economic grouping with neither head nor tail in which witches dance around the grave of the draft Constitution, a sort of ‘Blair witch project’; or you release the handbrake to help us turn this historic corner that is the advent of a truly political Europe. Prime Minister, you are talented – you speak brilliantly – but who are we to believe, you or Mr Juncker? You preferred to create a crisis so that you could ride the crest of that crisis and serve your own interests. If you want to lead Europe, you must first of all stop having one foot in Europe and one foot outside. Therefore, yes to social modernisation, but we do not want your uncertainty. Yes to the development of biotechnology, yes to a rational European budget, yes to true European defence, but do not forget that the CAP is a foundation of the European Union which cannot be consigned to history, but whose survival depends on its development. You say that you want to make progress in the fight against crime and illegal immigration, but how can we believe you when, for the last ten years, the United Kingdom has systematically opposed police and judicial cooperation? Finally, how can we explain the fact that, in their own countries, the Heads of State or Government are announcing the idea of a moratorium on the enlargement of Europe and that, on the other hand, in the Council, they are leaving all the doors open? Mr Blair, the citizens of Europe no longer agree. It is now time to stop the doublespeak, because it has led to the worst. Mr Blair, you have much to prove to gain our confidence."@en1

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