Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-01-18-Speech-2-080-000"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2011-01-18"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Review of the Belgian Presidency of the Council (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20110118.6.2-080-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2011-01-18-Speech-2-081-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Philip Claeys2
lpv:spokenAs	member; NA (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member; LIBE (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the United States (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Vlaams Belang (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 substitute; AFET (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Mr Leterme, you have received a considerable number of compliments on how the Belgian Presidency has conducted itself, and that is understandable. The European Commission and Parliament are relieved that the Belgian Presidency is over and that no major accidents have happened. Indeed, an artificial country with no government, a country which is not even capable of governing itself, is hardly the obvious candidate for taking over the Presidency of the EU. One could, of course, say that you and the ministers have had plenty of time to deal with the Presidency, given that you were only running a caretaker government. One could say that you have benefited from diplomats who have done their job well and that the importance of the rotating Presidency has decreased since the Treaty of Lisbon. All that might be true, but I think that your best decision was to heed the advice of Vlaams Belang and, in particular, to adopt a low profile. You could have made the same mistakes as the previous Belgian Presidency in 2001. Just consider the failed ‘praline summit’ in Brussels, the build-up of diplomatic blunders and what has become known as the Laeken Declaration which ultimately led to the debacle of the European Constitution. Of course, it is not the case that the Belgian Presidency has achieved a clear round: first, there was the incident where the socialist Minister for Pensions, Daerden, chaired the Council of Ministers in a state of inebriation – Commissioner Andor’s face speaks volumes; the Flemish taxpayer net payers are no longer able to laugh at this, in the knowledge that this character is now responsible for their pensions. Furthermore, there were the desperate attempts by the Foreign Minister, Mr Vanackere, to open a new chapter in Turkey’s accession negotiations, at any cost and against the will of the people, when Turkey should not even be being considered for negotiation."@en1
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