Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-04-06-Speech-3-608-000"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2011-04-06"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:2010 progress report on Iceland2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20110406.35.3-608-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2011-04-06-Speech-3-609-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Struan Stevenson2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, I am glad to hear that a majority of the Icelanders in recent opinion polls say that they have no intention of joining the EU because, frankly, why do we want them to join? What exactly are they going to bring to our European club? They have got a collapsed economy, their banks have defaulted, their volcano closed our airspace for nine days – I presume we would have to pick up the bill for that if it happens again – and now they are plundering our mackerel stocks. In 2005, Iceland landed 367 tonnes of north-east Atlantic mackerel. This year, they intend to land 150 000 tonnes. What kind of good management – sustainable management of fisheries – do you call that? They always pride themselves on having a sustainable fishery and they laugh at the common fisheries policy that we employ. This is almost criminal. This is almost illegal fishing and there is no way we should invite them to join the EU."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 vice-chair; PECH (2009-07-20--2012-01-18)3 chair; Delegation for relations with Iraq (2009-09-30--2014-06-30)3 substitute; ENVI (2009-07-21--2012-01-18)3 member; PECH (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Conservative Party (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member; Conference of Delegation Chairs (2009-09-30--2014-06-30)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Struan Stevenson (ECR )."1
lpv:videoURI	<go to Events_and_structure europarl>2

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