Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2012-01-18-Speech-3-222-000"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2012-01-18"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Recent political developments in Hungary (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"mt"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20120118.23.3-222-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2012-01-18-Speech-3-223-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Simon Busuttil2
lpv:spokenAs	member_of_the_bureau; EPP (2009-07-14--2013-04-05)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Switzerland and Norway and to the EU-Iceland Joint Parliamentary Committee and the European Economic Area (EEA) Joint Parliamentary Committee (2009-09-16--2013-04-05)3 unknown; Partit Nazzjonalista (2009-07-14--2013-04-05)3 member; Delegation for relations with Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro and Kosovo (2009-09-16--2013-04-05)3 substitute; Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean (2009-09-16--2013-04-05)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, this debate is unprecedented. It is the first time we have debated infringement proceedings of this nature in this institution and in the presence of the highest European authorities, including no less than the Prime Minister of the country at the centre of the debate. This unprecedented situation calls for us to assume our respective responsibilities, but also to respect each other’s institutional role. This means that we must respect the role of the Commission to start infringement proceedings and we must support it in its decisions. I would like to tell Mr Alvaro that we must also support the Commission if it decides not to start Article 7 proceedings. We must respect that too. This means that we must allow time for the matter to be discussed, and hopefully resolved, between the Commission and the Hungarian authorities, and the declaration of Prime Minister Orbán in this sense is very much to be welcomed. But it also means that we must distinguish between the legal process – the due process – and the public political debate. This House can very well express its political views, but this is not a tribunal and it should not replace the legal and judicial process. We should therefore give time for the legal process to take place and hold back from jumping to conclusions until this process, led by the Commission, is completed. Further action on our part at this stage is not just premature, but could also do more harm than good because it would damage the respect that our institution enjoys with the Hungarian people as much as it would damage the image of Hungary. So let us support the Commission in its role as the guardian of the Treaties, let the Hungarian authorities rectify all laws that are found to be in breach of EU laws, but let us give the legal process time to run its course."@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Simon Busuttil (PPE ). -"1
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