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"en.20091123.21.1-181"2
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"Mr President, I stand before you as a democrat. I stand before you as one who has a democratic mandate – a mandate similar to that held by everyone else that has been elected to this Parliament.
I also stand before you as one who comes from a country, or region, of the United Kingdom that has known much distress because of those who would seek to destroy democratic politics. Therefore, I come with high expectations of how democracy will be handled in this Parliament.
And yet, in my first mandate as a democratically elected Member of the European Parliament, I find that I have been excluded from coordinators’ meetings, that I do not have a voice on the Conference of Presidents.
These issues are certainly the subject of talks – and I am certainly very glad to hear that you are trying to resolve these issues. But I would urge you, Mr President, to bring these issues to a conclusion very quickly, because it is important that the democratic mandate of this Parliament is respected. I would also urge you, Mr President, to meet those non-attached Members who are democrats and who wish to take this issue forward."@en1
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