Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2008-07-08-Speech-2-195"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2008-07-08"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Explanations of vote2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20080708.32.2-195"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2008-07-08-Speech-2-1962
lpv:speaker	lp:Syed Kamall2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, a few months ago a number of parliamentarians, including myself, thought to use existing parliamentary procedure to delay the vote on the Constitution, dressed up as the Lisbon Treaty. At the time, the President ignored the Rules to curtail explanations of vote. Later, he granted himself arbitrary powers via the Committee on Constitutional Affairs. Now the Corbett report seeks further restrictions on the democratic rights of Members to ask questions to the Commission and to the Council. How can this House claim to fill the so-called democratic deficit when the rights of Members are curtailed by anti-democratic forces? Surely, the test of any democracy is tolerance of dissenting views or of minority views. What steps, we have to ask, will be taken next? Who will stop this us going down this slippery slope in the name of so-called efficiency? Maybe dressed-up dictatorship is preferred over democracy. Please, open your eyes: let us fight for democracy."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; EPP-ED (2005-05-12--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Conservative and Unionist Party (2005-05-12--2009-07-13)3 substitute; IMCO (2008-05-19--2009-07-13)3 substitute; ECON (2008-06-04--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Switzerland, Iceland and Norway and to the European Economic Area (EEA) Joint Parliamentary Committee (2008-04-07--2009-07-13)3 member; INTA (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Syed Kamall (PPE-DE ). –"1

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