Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-07-07-Speech-4-076-000"

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dcterms:Date	"2011-07-07"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Modification of the Act concerning the election of the Members of the European Parliament (debate)2
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20110707.4.4-076-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2011-07-07-Speech-4-077-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Niccolò Rinaldi2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; DROI (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, and for relations with Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; INTA (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Italia dei Valori - Lista Di Pietro (2009-07-14--2014-04-14)3 substitute; DEVE (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 vice-chair; ALDE (2009-07-14--2012-01-26)3 substitute; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 vice-chair; Delegation to the Cariforum — EU Parliamentary Committee (2010-09-08--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, with this modification of the Act concerning the election of the Members of the European Parliament we have an opportunity to uphold two principles, namely the transnational list, so that we have something more than an embryo at last, and a genuine step in the direction of European federalism, and we in the party welcome the rapporteur’s tenacity in this regard. However, it is a mistake to think that the transnational list alone will reawaken the interest of the citizens, half of whom already fail to vote in European elections. We need innovative quality indicators that are in touch with society. We in the party have proposed in committee to set a ceiling on MEPs’ mandates, in order to change those in office and create a process of renewal. This amendment was rejected – on rather ridiculous grounds, in my view – by MEPs instinctively seeking to protect themselves and their position. We are committed to making other changes for the next part-session: the first change concerns the regional dimension of elected representatives and constitutions – of MEPs – to ensure that they have a strong relationship with their home region, and the second change will be made both through the amendment tabled jointly with the Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament – and I am grateful to Mr Gualtieri – and with a separate text aimed at ensuring a ‘clean Parliament’, as requested by the public. A ‘clean Parliament’ that prevents people who have received definitive sentences – and thus obtained all the guarantees of a fair trial – for extremely serious offences such as terrorism, corruption, organised crime, incitement to racial hatred, and so on from standing in elections. It is a disgrace that those guilty of such crimes should be able to sit in this House today. More courage is needed, ladies and gentlemen, and it is only with pioneering European rules that the European Parliament will obtain all the credibility it deserves."@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Italia dei valori"1
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