Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2008-07-09-Speech-3-212"

Predicate	Value (sorted: default)
rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2008-07-09"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Explanations of vote2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20080709.27.3-212"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2008-07-09-Speech-3-9982
lpv:speaker	lp:Andrew Duff2
lpv:spoken text	"The ALDE Group voted against a reform of Rule 29 for the following reasons: the existence of the current seven groups causes no real problems of efficiency; minority opinions have just as much right to be organised professionally as majority opinions; a decent European Parliament must reflect the wider diversity of political opinion that we find in the Union: we need not copy exactly national parliaments whose job is to supply a government; closing down smaller groups would either force reluctant deputies to join larger groups, adding to their incoherence, or inflate the ranks of the non-attached, adding to inefficiency; the size of the Parliament is in any event set to fall from 785 to 751 (Lisbon) or 736 (Nice)."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member_of_the_bureau; ALDE (2007-02-27--2009-07-13)3 vice-chair; Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-22--2009-07-13)3 substitute; SEDE (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 substitute; AFET (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Liberal Democrat Party (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; AFCO (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Andrew Duff (ALDE ),"1 "in writing"1

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