Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-09-26-Speech-2-140"
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Given that the report describes this Parliament as “the democratic representative body in the EU”, let everyone be clear about just how little it deserves that description.
We do not have debates in this institution, but tightly controlled and orchestrated speaking time, without the opportunity for reply. We simply go through the motions in what is a pale shadow of a parliament.
There can be no better example of this than the one million-signature petition calling for an end to the utterly pointless and grotesquely expensive monthly pilgrimage to Strasbourg. Ignoring this entreaty from the people we are supposed to represent, this Parliament is seriously considering purchasing these buildings and making this bizarre arrangement permanent.
It is all very well for this report to question the City of Strasbourg’s ‘good faith’, but the reality is that this city worked out the best deal it could get for itself. This Parliament tamely signed it, without bothering to verify the terms or attempting to negotiate more favourable conditions. In other words, they saw us coming!"@en1
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