Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-10-24-Speech-2-361"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-10-24"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:"Europe for Citizens" programme (2007-2013) (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20061024.36.2-361"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-10-24-Speech-2-3622
lpv:speaker	lp:Roger Helmer2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, our sense of citizenship, like our sense of identity, arises from our history, our culture, our language and our experience of life. It comes from the bottom up. This citizenship programme is top-down. It seeks to create a sense of citizenship where none exists. As such, it is doomed to fail and it is wholly improper. I was born a British citizen. I never asked to be a European citizen. I do not want European citizenship and I totally reject and repudiate it. The European Constitution, which incorporates the concept of EU citizenship, has been roundly rejected in France and Holland, and it would be rejected if it were voted on in the United Kingdom. The promotion of this failed concept is therefore highly contentious. We are using taxpayers’ money to promote one side of a hotly disputed debate, and that is wrong, undemocratic and disgraceful. I call on colleagues to reject this report out of hand."@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	"Roger Helmer (NI ). –"1

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