Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2012-09-12-Speech-3-324-000"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2012-09-12"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Political situation in Romania (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"ro"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20120912.21.3-324-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2012-09-12-Speech-3-325-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Norica Nicolai2
lpv:spokenAs	vice-chair; SEDE (2012-01-25--2014-06-30)3 member_of_the_bureau; ALDE (2009-07-20--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; AFET (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 substitute; PETI (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Partidul Naţional Liberal (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the NATO Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-16--2013-04-13)3 member; FEMM (2012-09-10--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I will not consider today’s debate a debate on Romania, but a debate on the state of the EU and of democracy in the European Union. This is what it is about, Ms Reding. It is about the principles and values you have reminded us of, which Romanians, and not only Romanian politicians, but also the citizens of Romania, abide by. I would like to remind you of one of the fundamental obligations of the leaders of the European Union and of its citizens – namely, to protect democracy, cultural diversity and the organisation of the public powers of the Member States at national level. Could you tell me, Ms Reding, specifically which are the constitutional provisions violated by the suspension procedure, which is stipulated in the Constitution of the Romanian state? Because the decision of the Constitutional Court states very clearly that the constitutional procedures have been complied with during this suspension procedure and the Constitutional Court of Romania validated the constitutional procedure. Moreover, this procedure was validated by the Romanian people, as 7.4 million persons voted for the president’s dismissal. Of course, Ms Reding, people may not count for some of you in the European Union. However, people do count for the great majority of us sitting in this chamber, Ms Reding, and I wish to remind you of the words of Jean Monnet, who said that more Europe will not be achieved by building a coalition of states, but by uniting people. This summer’s events, your brutal intervention in legitimate constitutional and legal procedures of the Romanian state, have only managed to divide people. Ms Reding, as a liberal politician, I stand for ‘more Europe’. I support a Europe of diversity and I am convinced that together we will be stronger. But we will not be stronger, Ms Reding, through a manifest political partisanship. We will never be stronger if we favour our ideologies and political families. We will be stronger, Ms Reding, when we know what cultural diversity is, when we learn a little about the countries we are criticising, when we respect their traditions and, especially, when we respect the fundamental principles of the European Union."@en1
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