Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-01-18-Speech-3-260"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-01-18"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:The period of reflection: structure, subjects and context for an assessment of the debate on the EU2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060118.20.3-260"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-01-18-Speech-3-2612
lpv:speaker	lp:Bas Belder2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation to the EU-Bulgaria Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2006-12-31)3 member; IND/DEM (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; REGI (2004-09-15--2007-01-14)3 substitute; AFCO (2004-09-15--2007-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the United States (2004-09-23--2007-03-13)3 vice-chair; Delegation for relations with Israel (2004-09-20--2007-03-13)3 member; AFET (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; INTA (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 unknown; ChristenUnie - Staatkundig Gereformeerde Parti (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, the tone of the report by Mr Duff and Mr Voggenhuber reminds me of the plenary debate a year ago, when this House made a great show of embracing the Constitution, and nothing seemed to stand in the way of its being successfully ratified by all 25 Member States. To my disappointment, I now have to conclude that Parliament has not learnt anything from the lesson of the double ‘no’. This House is not reflecting on the future of Europe, but a strategy for getting the twice rejected Constitution ratified after all. All of this, of course, under the guise of considerable measures to put the mind of public opinion at rest. Against the backdrop of these transparent attempts to ignore the express will of the French and Dutch electorate, I should nevertheless like to express my appreciation for a number of amendments tabled by both rapporteurs. They, at any rate, are not obsessively holding onto the present Constitution; they also appear to have understood the ‘no’ in France and the Netherlands better than the Members of the large groups and they also display a greater willingness to really look at the issues. I heard my dear fellow Member, Mr Voggenhuber, speak about nationalism. I have so high a view of his intellectual capacities that I assume that he does not include all opponents to this Constitution in this, for that is really not what I am about."@en1

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