Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2012-11-22-Speech-4-017-000"

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dcterms:Date	"2012-11-22"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Elections to the European Parliament in 2014 (debate)2
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20121122.6.4-017-000"2
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lpv:speaker	lp:Søren Bo Søndergaard2
lpv:spokenAs	member; AFCO (2012-01-19--2014-02-04)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the United States (2009-09-16--2014-02-04)3 member; CONT (2012-01-19--2014-02-04)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Switzerland and Norway and to the EU-Iceland Joint Parliamentary Committee and the European Economic Area (EEA) Joint Parliamentary Committee (2009-09-16--2014-02-04)3 unknown; Folkebevægelsen mod EU (2009-07-14--2014-02-04)3 member; CRIM (2012-07-11--2013-10-23)3 substitute; IMCO (2012-01-19--2014-02-04)3 member_of_the_bureau; EUL/NGL (2009-07-14--2014-02-04)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, we in the Confederal Group of the European United Left – Nordic Green Left support the call for an end to the scandalous gender composition of the Commission in the next period. If all of the EU’s words about equality are to be taken seriously, this must be reflected in a balanced gender composition. However, it also seems to me that the most positive thing has been said about the motion for a resolution that we are discussing. Take, for example, the proposal that the European political parties should nominate the candidate for the post of Commission President. The question is: Where does the idea come from? Is it something that will be raised with the EU citizens? Is it something that appears on the banners carried by demonstrators in Athens, Madrid and Lisbon? No. It is a proposal that comes from above. We have heard this from Mr Barroso, among others, who turned it into a big number in his speech on the State of the Union here in Parliament. However, real democracy and the development of democracy come from below, and if the European parties want to put candidates forward for the post of Commission President, they can simply do it. It is entirely possible. They have the opportunity, regardless of whether Mr Barroso thinks so or not. The problem of the enormous democratic deficit in the EU will not be solved by making the European political debate presidential and personal. Instead, we need more democracy. Our group has therefore proposed calling on Member States to introduce electoral systems that ensure that political parties will be represented in relation to their size. What sort of democracy excludes parts of the population from being represented politically? We say, as the rebels did in the American War of Independence, ‘No taxation without representation’. Unfortunately, this motion for a resolution does not reflect this sort of clear democratic requirement. This is frustrating because – as has been said – the EU does not need more presidents, it needs more democracy."@en1
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