Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2012-05-23-Speech-3-211-000"
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"Mr President, the European Parliament’s right of inquiry report that we voted on today is a very interesting one for my constituents. I am pleased that we actually decided not to give it a positive, or indeed negative, vote at this stage.
This report has provided an interesting insight into a fundamental division in this Parliament. There are those who believe that this Parliament should promote itself as some kind of higher level chamber of inquiry for European citizens. Indeed, the Lisbon Treaty – a sordid deal stitched up by the European elite without consulting the citizens in many cases, particularly in my own Member State – calls for just such a development. This proposal would give the European Parliament the power to summon government officials from Member States to appear before it, explaining themselves like naughty schoolboys.
I cannot accept that this is a reasonable way forward. We need to look again at the details. The European Parliament is not held in high regard in Member States, despite what many Members may think. Many of my constituents question its right to exist, or indeed its usefulness. This sort of inquiry would not help."@en1
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