Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-07-07-Speech-4-106-750"
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"We are always saying that MEPs need to be close to voters in order to know their opinions and be aware of their needs. Despite this, we now want to foist a representative on them who will not have time to visit their country during the parliamentary term and who will never understand their problems, except, perhaps, through an interpreter. Suddenly someone has an idea, and the next thing you know they make it item 2b and propose that ‘in addition, 25 other representatives shall be elected in a single constituency comprising the entire territory of the Union.’ If we stand by what is written about proportionality in the EU Treaty, we should not introduce requirements which have no basis in the political system and which violate the principle of proportionality. I do not want to make changes in order to accommodate candidates who failed to make it onto their party’s list in the elections, or who, not having been accepted by the people in their own country, are looking for a way to circumvent Article 14(2) of the EU Treaty. It is inconceivable that citizens would vote for someone who is neither known to them nor even from their own country. I support the still valid democratic principle of being as close as possible to my voters on a genuine, rather than a make-believe, basis."@en1
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