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dcterms:Date	"2012-09-12"^^xsd:date2
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20120912.21.3-326-000"2
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lpv:speaker	lp:Véronique Mathieu Houillon2
lpv:spokenAs	member; EPP (2009-07-14--2013-05-21)3,3 unknown; Union pour un Mouvement Populaire - Parti Radical (2010-10-20--2013-04-14)3,3 member; LIBE (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3,3 member; CRIM (2012-03-28--2013-10-23)3,3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) (2010-05-17--2014-06-30)3,3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China (2011-09-07--2014-06-30)3,3 substitute; AGRI (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3,3 substitute; CONT (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3,3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, President-in-Office of the Council, Commissioner, if I am to believe the speeches that I have just heard by the President-in-Office of the Council and Ms Reding, the rule of law is no longer respected in Romania. That is what the Commission has stated and what Ms Reding has repeated to us. The Venice Commission is also extremely concerned, as is the President-in-Office of the Council. The Ombudsman in place in Romania has been revoked without any legal grounds. A few days later, emergency decrees were passed with the aim of reducing the remit of the Constitutional Court. A new Ombudsman was appointed, close to those in power. I am not going to repeat what my fellow MEPs have said, and yet the fact remains that we are extremely concerned within the European Union about what has been happening since the new social-liberal ruling coalition came to power. All mechanisms of democratic control have been undermined, from the impartial Ombudsman to the Constitutional Court, with total disregard for procedures in force, and even electoral regulations. The referendum was held. I am now told that a certain number of investigations have been carried out in Romania. I have been told that several hundred thousand votes are alleged to have been in all cases fraudulent. We can understand there to be haste to move towards new policies when there is a change of government. Changes of government are familiar to us in all the countries of Europe. In my country, France, my government fell and the Socialists came to power, but that took place properly, without any change in legal regulations. Why have the Socialists not come to power properly in Romania, like in other European countries? Ms Reding, Mr Barroso, I call on you today to ensure that the rule of law is upheld. That is your duty. That is what you must do and I call on the new ruling coalition to do the same. Democracy in Europe cannot be bought and sold. I call on the socialist group to make sure that it keeps its word and its commitments. Democracy is at the heart of our Europe, and at the heart of the European Union. Today we have visitors in this House, and I wonder what they think of what you have done in your country."@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"(The speaker agreed to take a blue-card question under Rule 149 (8))"1
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