Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2007-10-11-Speech-4-141"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2007-10-11"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Explanations of vote2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20071011.19.4-141"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2007-10-11-Speech-4-1422
lpv:speaker	lp:Thomas Wise2
lpv:spoken text	"I voted against Amendment 25 because, while the UK is still a member of the EU, the number of MEPs representing the UK should not be reduced at all. Therefore, to vote in favour of 74 MEPs would have been to vote for a reduction of four. Under the proposed principle of ‘degressive proportionality’, which is yet to be defined, small countries and microstates would be disproportionately represented while larger states, such as the UK, would be under-represented. Considering that large numbers of the population of Eastern Europe have migrated to the UK since 2004, and that they are currently entitled to vote in European Parliamentary elections, the number of UK MEPs should at least remain at its current 78, if not be increased."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member_of_the_bureau; IND/DEM (2007-07-20--2008-05-07)3 member; CULT (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 substitute; PECH (2007-01-31--2008-05-07)3 unknown; UK Independence Party (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Thomas Wise (IND/DEM ),"1 "in writing"1

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