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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2009-04-22"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Explanations of vote2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20090422.49.3-216"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2009-04-22-Speech-3-2172
lpv:speaker	lp:Francis Wurtz2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Conference of Presidents (2006-12-13--2009-07-13)3 substitute; BUDG (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 chair; EUL/NGL (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the United States (2007-03-14--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Parti communiste français (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (2007-05-23--2009-07-13)3 substitute; AFET (2007-12-12--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"I wish to express my opposition to paragraph 17 of this report, which is yet another incarnation of the campaign against Strasbourg’s being the seat of the European Parliament. I should like to point out the following in this connection: Firstly, the choice of Strasbourg was, from the start, a highly symbolic decision linked to the history of Europe. The intention was to highlight the aim of a European process, as a force for peace and for the bringing together of the nations. It is because I believe that this aim is still relevant that I am arguing for the symbol of Strasbourg to be safeguarded. Secondly, I would repeat my desire to see a Europe emerge that supports the diversity of the cultures that characterise the nations it comprises. Why not have a significant European institution in Warsaw, another one in Barcelona, and another one still in Stockholm, in addition to the Commission in Brussels and Parliament in Strasbourg? Unless the sole aim is to have a business-driven Europe, nothing justifies centralising everything in one place, which is inevitably far from the peoples of Europe. Those are the reasons why I oppose paragraph 17 of the McGuinness report, which is otherwise problem-free."@en1

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