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"Mr President, I notice the word ‘competent’ is missing from the title of this debate, for competence and financial probity are strangers to this project.
The very foundations of the euro were dug up when the Commission allowed Member States to ignore the convergence criteria of Maastricht. We all know that this is a political project, not an economic one, and political expediency will always prevail over sound economic rules.
But what do you care about the ordinary person on the street? The EU has shown its utter contempt and arrogance concerning the detrimental effect your deluded economic policies have on their lives. Maastricht had only four criteria, that you negligently brushed aside, and now you are proposing a six-pack. This exercise will fail and expose the soft underbelly of Europe.
What confidence do you all project? Absolutely none. Your answers to economic problems are more political solutions, more political and financial integration and more blatant disregard of democratic values.
‘Stop now’, my constituents say. It takes a wise person to accept they are wrong. Just for once, just once, say you were wrong and dismantle this project."@en1
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