Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2009-10-07-Speech-3-125"

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dcterms:Date	"2009-10-07"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Outcome of the referendum in Ireland (debate)2
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20091007.17.3-125"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2009-10-07-Speech-3-1262
lpv:speaker	lp:Paulo Rangel2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2009-09-30--2014-06-30)3 member; AFCO (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 vice-chair; EPP (2009-07-14--2009-11-24)3 unknown; Partido Social Democrata (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation for relations with the United States (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 substitute; LIBE (2009-07-16--2010-10-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I would just like to express our delight at the result of the referendum in Ireland, not just on behalf of the Group of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats), as has already been done by many Members, but particularly on behalf of the Portuguese Members of the PPE Group. I believe that this clearly strengthens the development and growth prospects of the European Union, and that it sets the stage for a new phase. We would like, of course, to congratulate all those who contributed to the Treaty of Lisbon, in particular, the Commission and the Commissioner here today and also, of course, the Portuguese Presidency of the European Union, which played a very important role in this. I would therefore also like to say that we are glad to see that, despite all these difficulties and the fact that we are still eagerly awaiting the position of the Czech Republic, the Portuguese people will be very happy to see the name of its capital associated with a decisive step in the development of the European Union. In this regard, I would also like to say that we will also be able to count on another flag, which will also always be a flag of the Portuguese Members of the PPE Group, which is the flag of national parliaments. I believe that the Treaty of Lisbon is a decisive step towards involving national parliaments in European democracy. I therefore believe that this aspect, which is the most important aspect of democracy, namely representation and not, as we have sometimes heard in this House, referenda, is what is vital and essential in democracy, which is to say, representation and not direct voting. The Treaty of Lisbon is also a major step towards increasing the involvement of national representative democracies in the European process. We are therefore very pleased with the Irish people’s decision."@en1
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