Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-07-07-Speech-4-090-000"

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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.20110707.4.4-090-000"2
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lpv:speaker	lp:Rainer Wieland2
lpv:spokenAs	member_of_the_bureau; EPP (2009-07-21--2014-06-30)3 vice-president; European Parliament (2009-07-14--2012-01-16)3 member; JURI (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 unknown; Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; Parliament's Bureau (2009-07-14--2012-01-16)3 member; PETI (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Moldova Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 substitute; AFCO (2010-10-20--2012-01-18)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, this debate is characterised by the discussion of a visionary idea. Unfortunately, since the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon, Parliament’s tasks go well beyond the role of the creative department of the European Union. We are also called on to tackle tough jobs. Unfortunately, we are falling short of this goal with this report. Paragraph 1 of the conclusion states that we want to ensure that there is a fairer distribution of seats. A newly elected European Parliament will meet in three years’ time from next Monday. We have 40% of the parliamentary term behind us and, therefore, paragraph 1 is inadequate. We need to do our homework in this regard. We need reliable criteria for the composition of the European Parliament. I acknowledge that smaller Member States need to be accentuated for the sake of their identity. However, if we already have a situation in which some Members here represent 80 000 citizens and others 800 000 and the votes cast by citizens in elections carry different weights, then we need to provide clear justification for why this is the case. We used to talk about a democratic deficit because Parliament had no voice. Today, we permit a situation to exist where in Karlsruhe it is said that we have a democratic deficit because we have no recognisable ratio in the composition of Parliament. That is precisely what we need. Therefore, we have not done enough in my opinion. We need something that is beyond all doubt and also something that we can carry into the future, irrespective of how population figures change. Then we will not need to have a democratic deficit again in the future, Mr Duff. You have presented a very complicated formula. It is important that we do not have a democratic deficit in the sense that 75% of teachers can explain the composition of the European Parliament to 75% of pupils."@en1
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