Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2007-11-13-Speech-2-283"
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"Madam President, let us be clear about Mr Leinen’s report: it is not about democracy, it is about propaganda, it is about using the taxes collected from our reluctant citizens to drive forward a European project about which they are increasingly uneasy. The Danes voted against Maastricht, the Irish voted against Nice, the Swedes against the euro, the French and Dutch against the Constitution, yet their taxes will be used to promote integration.
Today in this Chamber, President Sarkozy spoke of European democracy, but across our diverse Member States the common public opinion necessary for representative democracy does not exist. Democracy at European level is a fraud and a delusion. By reserving funding for pan-European parties, Mr Leinen explicitly excludes Euro-sceptic parties which do not seek pan-European status, so taxpayers’ money will be channelled to integrationist parties and denied to others. In a Europe that talks about democracy, this is a crime against the people."@en1
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