Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-06-08-Speech-3-544-000"

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dcterms:Date	"2011-06-08"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Revised Hungarian constitution (debate)2
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lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2011-06-08-Speech-3-545-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Simon Busuttil2
lpv:spoken text	"Madam President, this debate on the Hungarian constitution today is flawed for two main reasons. It singles out one Member State out of 27, and it concerns a national issue which falls within the sovereignty of Member States. First of all, if we are going to discuss the content of a constitution, we should not single out one constitution of one Member State. We should, if anything, debate the constitutions of each and every Member State. Some of the elements which are being contested can, in fact, be found in a number of other constitutions in other Member States, and yet we are only debating one constitution in one Member State. This is wrong. Secondly, one has to ask what power, what competence, do we have to bring the issue of a national constitution to the European Parliament in the first place? Member States have a sovereign competence for establishing their own national constitutions, and in this case, we should respect the right of the Hungarian people to determine their own constitution adopted by their democratically-elected national parliament. The debate we are having today on the content of this constitution should, if anything, be held amongst Hungarian people, and not in this House. Whether we like it or not, whether we disagree or agree with this national constitution, we must respect the sovereignty and the hierarchy of law, otherwise we would be setting a dangerous precedent. So when we single out a Member State, and when we try to act outside our competence, we send a wrong signal. We would stand accused of political instrumentalisation, and we would be undermining the trust of citizens in our own institution. We should not go down this dangerous road."@en1
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lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Simon Busuttil (PPE )."1
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