Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2014-07-02-Speech-3-061-000"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2014-07-02"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Conclusions of the European Council meeting (26-27 June 2014) (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20140702.5.3-061-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2014-07-02-Speech-3-062-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Richard Corbett2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, the European Council is the most difficult of all the European institutions to be President of, because it cannot agree anything on policy matters without consensus from 28 very different presidents and prime ministers, many of whom are used to getting their own way in a national context. But none of them can get their way in this context without agreement from all 28 prima donnas around that table. So I would like to pay tribute to President Van Rompuy for the way that he succeeds, again and again, in getting at least some sort of consensus out of those 28 prima donnas. However, those consensuses are sometimes good and sometimes less good. The programme that has been agreed at this meeting for the future direction of the Union is good in its headlines – but the devil is in the detail. When we talk about EU reform – and we all talk about reform; there is not a politician in Europe who is not saying that we need to reform this European Union – there is a big divergence as to what reforms. Please do not go down the line of reform proposed by..."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; PECH (2014-07-01--2017-01-18)3 member; AFCO (2014-07-01--2017-01-18)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"(The President cut off the speaker)"1 "Richard Corbett (S&D ). -"1
lpv:videoURI	<go to Events_and_structure europarl>2

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