Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-10-25-Speech-2-017-000"
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"Madam President, I should like to echo what Mr Gauzès said. I ask you, Mr Dominik, what planet are you on? As for you, Commissioner, your speech certainly showed that you are slightly more aware of the need for democratic legitimacy in economic decision making, but do you talk to people who are currently in turmoil? Do you see what state the euro area is in and how we are perceived throughout the world? A little more self-criticism would not go amiss, if you ask me.
The European Semester is a useful initiative that has got off to a good start but which is nowhere near enough. I should like to emphasise one point: to be perfectly honest, it is an insult to this Parliament to tell us to go and look on a website so that we can participate in the decision-making process. It is an insult to democracy. We are not asking you to give us your information as an act of charity. We are asking to be involved in making economic, social and fiscal decisions that are going to be absolutely crucial if we want the euro area, on the one hand, and the EU 27, on the other, to be able to function slightly better – to put it mildly – than in previous years.
We need debates beyond borders. We need the national parliaments to mobilise. We need a general mobilisation and a bit more than information and communication. We need a comprehensive European public debate, and this Parliament really must be one of the forums for it."@en1
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