Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2007-03-14-Speech-3-044"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2007-03-14"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:European Council meeting (8-9 March 2007) (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"sv"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20070314.4.3-044"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2007-03-14-Speech-3-0452
lpv:speaker	lp:Nils Lundgren2
lpv:spokenAs	vice-chair; CONT (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 member_of_the_bureau; IND/DEM (2004-07-20--2007-06-12)3 unknown; Junilistan (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; BUDG (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, greenhouse gas emissions are a source of concern and appear to lead to rapid changes to the earth’s climate. It is difficult to form a judgment on what the EU might do about this matter by itself. By taking the lead, we should increase our ability to put pressure on China, India, the United States and Russia, and Europe would gain the advantage in terms of environmental technology. However, we must not proceed too quickly and so undermine our competitiveness. The Council agreed on a well-balanced view of this issue - rare progress in an EU in which the vast majority of decisions undermine freedom, weaken democracy, compromise countries’ independence and make our lives more bureaucratic. It should also be noted, however, that such progress destroys the official argument in favour of the Constitutional Treaty. According to that argument, democracy must give way to efficiency and it must be possible for individual Member States to be ridden roughshod over in the EU’s decision-making; otherwise, the EU will become impotent. That is apparently untrue. Nor was it true of the Services Directive. The hidden argument in favour of the Constitutional Treaty is that it is necessary in order to create an EU state – a power base for a new European elite. Political power has to be taken away from the nation states, which are the source and basis of European democracy. Now, the Council has again shown that it is possible to take major decisions even when all the Member States have the veto. Thank you for demonstrating that. [Moreover, I believe that the Constitution should be rejected.]"@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Praeterea censeo constitutionum esse repudiendam"1

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