Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2009-03-11-Speech-3-359"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2009-03-11"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Croatia: progress report 2008 - Turkey: progress report 2008 - Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia: progress report 2008 (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20090311.36.3-359"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2009-03-11-Speech-3-3602
lpv:speaker	lp:Jim Allister2
lpv:spoken text	"Madam President, I have never supported the admission of non-European Turkey into the EU, but the current economic downturn makes me more convinced than ever of that view. As a huge net contributor, the United Kingdom carries a disproportionate burden in funding the EU so, when it comes to the massive additional cost of enlargement to include Turkey, we would be burdened beyond what we could bear. With a reduced tax base, falling income and increased welfare outlay, and a crippling debt legacy in the future decades arising from the mismanagement of the Labour Government, we cannot go on taking out our diminishing cheque book to pay for Turkish enlargement. Call that narrow, mercenary national interest if you will, but to me it is inescapable common and fiscal sense."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Traditional Unionist (2007-12-18--2009-07-13)3 member; PECH (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 substitute; AGRI (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 member; NA (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; AFCO (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Jim Allister (NI )."1
lpv:videoURI	<go to Events_and_structure europarl>2

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