Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2009-02-03-Speech-2-476"

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dcterms:Date	"2009-02-03"^^xsd:date2
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lpv:speaker	lp:Alexandra Dobolyi2
lpv:spoken text	"− Mr President, it is sad to observe that today, almost five years after enlargement, there is little evidence of Latvia having demonstrated respect for its largest minority. The recommendations of the European Parliament and numerous other institutional organisations have been completely ignored. A large part of Latvia’s population has been alienated from the state and its institutions. No wonder the naturalisation rate is slow. Turning people into aliens and issuing them with an alien passport does not inspire in them feelings of being associated with the state. They do not participate. They do not take decisions. They do not vote, not even in those cities where they represent up to 40% of the population and where political decisions directly affect their lives. Is this situation good or bad for the European Union? This is a question for the Commission and Council. Democracy cannot flourish without civil society, and there is no civil society without participation. Participation begins at local community level. These people were born in the country or have spent most of their lives there, and we are talking about more than 15% of Latvia’s population, or some 372 000 people. The EU must take action on their behalf. Why does the Commission not act on this? Citizens of other EU Member States residing in Latvia may vote and stand in municipal and European Parliament elections, but hundreds of thousands of people who were born in the country or have spent most of their lives there do not enjoy this right. I would like to ask the Commission and the Council what they have done in order to address this issue with the Latvian authorities, and to take further action without any delay."@en1
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lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Alexandra Dobolyi,"1 "author."1
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