Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-06-20-Speech-2-038"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-06-20"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:European Council report and Commission statement: European Council meeting (Brussels, 15-16 June 2006) – Statement by the Presidency-in-Office of the Council: Work of the Austrian Presidency2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060620.6.2-038"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-06-20-Speech-2-0392
lpv:speaker	lp:Roger Helmer2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, last week in Strasbourg, I condemned the brazen contempt that we show for public opinion, for the views of voters and for democracy itself when we repeatedly disregard the verdict of successive referendums. Nowhere is this contempt for democracy better illustrated than by the actions of the Austrian Presidency. Both the Austrian President and Chancellor Schüssel have come to this house calling for the resurrection of a European Constitution which is dead in its own terms. Yet, as Eurobarometer studies show, Austria is the Member State where opposition to the Constitution is the highest, at around 80%. Chancellor Schüssel, you have called for referendums on the Constitution, so why do you not offer a referendum to your own people? Can it be because you know you would suffer a humiliating defeat? How can Austrian leaders show such total disregard for public opinion? I can only think of one plausible explanation: perhaps Chancellor Schüssel is unhappy in his job and is hoping that the Austrian people will vote him out of office!"@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; EMPL (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Korean Peninsula (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 member; NA (2005-06-08--2009-07-13)3 member; PETI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Conservative and Unionist Party (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Temporary Committee on the alleged use of European countries by the CIA for the transport and illegal detention of prisoners (2006-01-19--2007-01-14)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"(Applause from the IND/DEM Group)"1 "Roger Helmer (NI ). –"1

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