Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2010-06-15-Speech-2-367"

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dcterms:Date	"2010-06-15"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Explanations of vote2
dcterms:Language	"lt"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20100615.24.2-367"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2010-06-15-Speech-2-8912
lpv:speaker	lp:Leonidas Donskis2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation for relations with Israel (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 substitute; LIBE (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member; Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Armenia, EU-Azerbaijan and EU-Georgia Parliamentary Cooperation Committees (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member_of_the_bureau; ALDE (2009-07-20--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Lietuvos Respublikos liberalų sąjūdis (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member; DROI (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Moldova Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2009-09-24--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; DEVE (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3
lpv:translated text	"As shadow rapporteur on this report, I voted firmly in favour of this report whose objective is to ensure that the Millennium Development Goals are successfully achieved. I fully support the efforts of my fellow Members to ensure that the European Union’s voice on this issue is united and progressive. However, I was unable to endorse the two amendments submitted, whose provisions I find unacceptable as a liberal. Therefore, I voted against the calls for the EU unilaterally to introduce a tax on currency and derivatives transactions in order to fund global public goods, including the MDGs. The European Union should not place an additional tax burden on its citizens, in particular taxes whose mechanisms and impact have not yet been fully examined. I also do not agree that development aid measures should be legally binding. It is important for the Member States to fulfil their obligations to increase the amount of Official Development Aid (ODA), but the European Union should not legally penalise its Member States because of a partial failure to fulfil obligations in the changed context of the financial crisis. Not all Member States were affected by the crisis in the same way and not all will be able to achieve the goal of 0.7%. The European Parliament should encourage them with softer and more acceptable means than strict legal measures."@en1

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