Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2016-03-09-Speech-3-545-000"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2016-03-09"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:2015 Report on the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20160309.33.3-545-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2016-03-09-Speech-3-546-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:James Carver2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, as we are hearing during this debate, the name of Macedonia has been a diplomatic headache since the break-up of Yugoslavia, clearly illustrating a deep-seated contradiction within the EU. As a candidate country with aspirations of EU membership, Macedonia must align to the Common Foreign and Security Policy. As my country prepares to decide on our continued EU membership, we are already hearing one argument for remaining. It is that somehow the CFSP acts as an amplifier for British foreign policy, despite our permanent seat on the UN Security Council and our NATO membership. Yet the Macedonian name issue highlights precisely how the EU is not an amplifier for Member State foreign policy. Rather, it is an independent force with its own logic, sometimes at odds with those Member States for the sake of his own aims. The EU discredits British foreign policy in Gibraltar, by backing Spain against Gibraltarians even though they are, of course, EU citizens. Thus, the UK is not treated any differently, and nor it we be if we give the Commission free rein by voting to remain EU members on 23 June."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; AFET (2014-07-01--2017-01-18)3 substitute; REGI (2016-02-17--2017-01-18)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"(The speaker agreed to take a blue-card question under Rule 162(8))"1 "James Carver (EFDD )."1
lpv:videoURI	<go to Events_and_structure europarl>2

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