Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2010-05-05-Speech-3-371"

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dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Revision of the Treaties – Transitional measures concerning the composition of the European Parliament - Decision not to convene a Convention for the revision of the Treaties with regard to transitional measures concerning the composition of the European Parliament (debate)2
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20100505.72.3-371"2
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lpv:speaker	lp:Morten Messerschmidt2
lpv:spokenAs	vice-chair; AFCO (2009-07-20--2012-01-18)3 substitute; AGRI (2009-07-16--2011-12-13)3 member; Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 vice-chair_member_of_the_bureau; EFD (2010-02-16--2012-01-26)3 member; Delegation for relations with Israel (2009-09-16--2012-03-13)3 substitute; IMCO (2009-07-16--2011-04-04)3 unknown; Dansk Folkeparti (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (2009-09-16--2012-03-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, there is something bizarre about the situation that we find ourselves in right now. For years we have heard how the Treaty of Lisbon would be the instrument to ensure democracy, transparency and citizens’ influence on legislation in the EU. Then one of the first things the European Parliament chooses to do after telling citizens this for years is to say no to direct elections, no to convening a convention and no to all of the instruments that we have used in the past to convince citizens why this Treaty was necessary. There is something rather strange about this. The natural thing to do, of course, would be for us to take seriously the promises we made to the electorate, to take seriously the fact that this House should be made up of people with a direct popular mandate, and to take seriously the fact that it is not governments but elected representatives who change the Treaties. Both of these fundamental elements – and, incidentally, fundamental promises – will be destroyed if the two reports are adopted. The whole idea, indeed the whole argument for having the Treaty of Lisbon – everything that was intended to convince citizens why they should give even more power to the EU – is precisely what we are turning our back on today now that we have got what we wanted. Like the previous speaker, I therefore have to say that my group cannot support these reports."@en1
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