Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-11-29-Speech-3-040"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-11-29"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Debate on the future of Europe (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"it"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20061129.9.3-040"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-11-29-Speech-3-0412
lpv:speaker	lp:Francesco Enrico Speroni2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 member; DROI (2004-09-14--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Lega Nord per l'indipendenza della Padania (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Mexico Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2007-03-14)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Korean Peninsula (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 member; JURI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; NA (2006-04-27--2006-12-12)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I too would like to welcome the Irish Prime Minister. The Institutions – the Council, Parliament and the Commission – are in favour of a new model of Europe: we need to find out whether this new model is in line with what the voters want, voters who, at least in France and the Netherlands, have rejected the proposals made by the Convention. May we never forget to take account of the will of the people and not of certain ideals, which, noble and grand as they may be, are not shared by citizens and voters. This, in my opinion, is the fundamental issue for the foundations of a possible future treaty. Let us begin, for example, to dispel certain myths: some say that we need to change because we now have so many more Member States. The United States grew from 13 to 50 States, keeping the same Constitution more or less unchanged since 1776. If the bureaucrats need a new instrument, the same is not necessarily true for voters. Voters must be persuaded of the advantage of a new Europe: we need to make them understand, for instance, why being in the European Union is better than being in Switzerland or Norway, which do not belong to the Union. If we do not succeed in making them understand this concept, it will be difficult to achieve a consensus. I have one final observation to make: the Italian President, Giorgio Napolitano, has called for ratification of the treaty, but the treaty is already dead. This would only be a waste of time and energy now that, without the two ratifications by the Dutch and the French, it is pointless to continue with others, which, in any case, would have no practical effect."@en1

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