Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2009-03-24-Speech-2-145"
| Predicate | Value (sorted: default) |
|---|---|
| rdf:type | |
| dcterms:Date | |
| dcterms:Is Part Of | |
| dcterms:Language | |
| lpv:document identification number |
"en.20090324.26.2-145"2
|
| lpv:hasSubsequent | |
| lpv:speaker | |
| lpv:spoken text |
"Mr President, I want to make a point on Ms Martens’ report.
Firstly, let me say that the Lisbon Treaty is not a train wreck and it is nonsense to be saying that. Twenty-six of the twenty-seven Member States of the European Union will ratify or have ratified it, and that includes the British Parliament. It is a pity that British Members do not respect their own parliament in some of the comments they are making here.
The Irish people expressed certain concerns about some issues, and the Irish Government and Parliament are seeking clarification on those. If we get those clarifications and the people vote ‘yes’ in a second referendum later this year, will they come in here with their leprechaun hats and perform in the same outrageous manner that they did at the previous one? Leave Irish business to Ireland. We do not need any assistance in this from people it took us 700 years to get out of our country!
Concerning the Lisbon Treaty, let me say that the population of the European Union will be 6% of the world’s population within the next generation. China and all of those countries will be very powerful."@en1
|
| lpv:spokenAs | |
| lpv:unclassifiedMetadata | |
| lpv:videoURI |
Named graphs describing this resource:
The resource appears as object in 2 triples