Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2010-12-14-Speech-2-431"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2010-12-14"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Question Hour with the President of the Commission2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20101214.35.2-431"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2010-12-14-Speech-2-4322
lpv:speaker	lp:José Manuel Barroso2
lpv:spoken text	"The election in Parliament was an open election. However, many people consider that the freest elections are elections where each person – or each Member of Parliament – can take decisions secretly. In totalitarian systems, secret votes are usually not allowed, precisely because of the pressure on individual freedoms. That is my first point. Secondly, regarding referenda, constitutional and democratic theory allows for referenda as well as for representative democracy. By the way, Britain is probably the country that has done most for representative democracy. A perfectly legitimate way of making decisions in a democracy is by representative democracy. The role of parliaments, be it national parliaments or the European Parliament, is immensely important in democracy. Personally, I believe that some comments made against representative democracy do not reflect a true democratic mind when they are made so negatively."@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"José Manuel Barroso,"1 "President of the Commission"1
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