Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2008-07-10-Speech-4-167"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2008-07-10"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Presentation of the programme of the French Presidency (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20080710.16.4-167"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2008-07-10-Speech-4-1682
lpv:speaker	lp:Nigel Farage2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, I should like to reply to Mr Sarkozy. You are a very good orator, Mr Sarkozy, but I am not so sure that you are that good a listener. This presidency programme that you have unveiled this morning shows that you want a European Union that controls literally every single aspect of our lives, everything from a common immigration policy through to how we run our hospitals and our football clubs. I also took it from your comments that you want us to be very isolated from the rest of the world, that if people do not have the same standards as us we are not going to trade with them. But worst of all, it is the sheer arrogance of saying that you know best when it comes to the European project. You are showing contempt, not just for the Irish people, but for the very concept of democracy which you say you are a champion of. You said the Polish President must keep his word, that he must ratify the Treaty because that was his agreement. Well, the Irish people have spoken. Will you respect the Irish vote? Will you keep your side of that bargain which says this Treaty is dead? I do not think that you get it, do you? The peoples of Europe do not want deeper political integration. That is why in France they said ‘no’, and in Holland they said ‘no’, and in Ireland they said ‘no’, and if we had a vote in Britain an overwhelming majority of us would have said ‘no’. What price democracy, Mr Sarkozy? You are going to Dublin on 21 July. Please do not try to do with them as you did in France and try to bypass a second referendum, try to get them to change the rules and to ratify this Treaty through the back door. That would be showing utter contempt for democracy. Please do not do it."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; Conference of Presidents (2006-12-13--2009-07-13)3 unknown; UK Independence Party (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 chair; IND/DEM (2004-12-06--2008-10-21)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Nigel Farage (IND/DEM ). –"1

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