Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2012-10-22-Speech-1-085-000"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2012-10-22"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:European Year of Citizens (2013) (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20121022.20.1-085-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2012-10-22-Speech-1-086-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Marie-Christine Vergiat2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Front de gauche pour changer d’Europe (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; CULT (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 substitute; LIBE (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 member; DROI (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 treasurer; EUL/NGL (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	". Mr President, I should like to thank our rapporteur in particular, but also our shadow rapporteurs, especially those from the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs and the Committee on Culture. I would like to say, ‘What a long way we have come!’, not least because our discussions with the Council, under the Danish Presidency, did not get off to a very good start. It has to be said that the initial proposal was unacceptable to Parliament. We could not allow a European Year of Citizens with no reference to citizenship, to the way in which citizens can become more involved in the operation of our institutions and in the definition of the EU policies which given them all their place. Moreover, we are aware that we still have a lot of work to do. We could not allow people to say that, if a gulf was opening up between the European institutions and their citizens, it was only because those citizens failed to appreciate their rights as regards freedom of movement. We know how things stand. European citizens cannot be regarded simply as consumers who fail to appreciate their rights, and who are given a chance to vote in the European elections every five years. Education and culture also have their place in this debate. I hope that we are blazing a trail here, making a start on the great integration project that is European citizenship, at the same time, of course, respecting the competencies of each Member State. I have only one regret, and that is that we have not given ourselves the resources to enable us to do the job. Thanks to the Cyprus Presidency for being there and for including this priority in …"@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"(The President cut off the speaker)"1
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