Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2012-05-22-Speech-2-354-000"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2012-05-22"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Explanations of vote2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20120522.15.2-354-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2012-05-22-Speech-2-354-2502
lpv:speaker	lp:Frank Vanhecke2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2011-11-09--2014-06-30)3 member; DEVE (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 vice-chair_member_of_the_bureau; EFD (2011-11-09--2014-06-30)3 substitute; CONT (2012-01-19--2013-02-26)3 member; DROI (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Onafhankelijk (2011-12-06--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	"The so-called European citizens’ initiative is little more than a thin layer of pseudo-democratic varnish, and has very little to do with real democratic participation as exists, for example, in Switzerland. How can we leave it up to a college of politically appointed officials like the Commission to decide which matters are taken up and which not? How can we talk of ‘participation’ when key subjects – such as the potential accession of Turkey to the European Union – cannot even be put on the agenda? The fact that the European Parliament does not contemptuously dismiss this charade, this obvious total bunk, is yet another in a countless series of missed opportunities."@en1

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