Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2007-05-21-Speech-1-041"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2007-05-21"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:One-minute speeches on matters of political importance2
dcterms:Language	"el"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20070521.14.1-041"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2007-05-21-Speech-1-0422
lpv:speaker	lp:Georgios Karatzaferis2
lpv:spokenAs	vice-chair; Delegation to the EU-Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-21--2007-09-25)3 member; Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2007-09-25)3 substitute; BUDG (2007-01-31--2007-09-25)3 substitute; PETI (2007-01-31--2007-09-25)3 member; Delegation for relations with Iran (2007-03-15--2007-09-25)3 member; AFET (2007-01-31--2007-09-25)3 member; Delegation for relations with Mercosur (2007-03-14--2007-09-25)3 unknown; Laikos Orthodoxos Synagermos - G. Karatzaferis (2005-11-24--2007-09-25)3 member_of_the_bureau; IND/DEM (2004-07-20--2007-09-25)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, if someone appeared in your constituency and took your name and stood as a candidate against you with your name, would it not bother you? I think it would bother anyone. That is what is happening today with Vardaska, which has taken the name Macedonia, an historic name which this country, Greece, has had for the last three thousand years. Then yesterday, the US president came along and said off his own bat, ‘I decide and order to give the name…’, without asking Europe. We Greeks are bothered by this. We Greeks have always been a nation, a country which has given everything to Europe: we have given it the Olympic Games, philosophy, ancient theatre, whatever we were asked for; we gave it civilisation. Europe cannot therefore insult us, put us down and humiliate us today. Everyone needs to understand that this is a delicate issue. I have maps I can send you from the last century, which call the area Vardaska. Ask any philately company and they will show you stamps with the name Vardaska. They must not take our history, our heroes, Alexander the Great and Philippos. Greece will not allow it and you will push us to extremes that Europe does not need to see now."@en1

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