Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2016-07-05-Speech-2-089-000"

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dcterms:Date	"2016-07-05"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 28 and 29 June 2016 (debate)2
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lpv:speaker	lp:Molly Scott Cato2
lpv:spoken text	"Madam President, during the referendum campaign, I argued that the European Union has played a vital role in underpinning stability and democracy across our continent. We should not take our democratic rights for granted and I am shocked by the instability and divisions that the vote to leave, and the campaign itself, have caused in my country. Many of those who voted for the UK to leave the EU did so for principled reasons, some of which I agree with, but I think it would be dangerously politically naive to ignore the fact that, within the current wave of inarticulate hostility against the European Union, there are forces whose intention is not to reform our institutions, but to undermine democracy itself. As a result of the vote to leave the EU, my country is left without a government or opposition and with a frightening increase in the number of racist attacks. I have no doubt that we will return to a state of stable democratic governance but, in the meantime, I offer some reassurance to those who are unsettled by recent developments. As individuals, please wear the safety pin, to show that we stand together against the tiny minority of racists, whether you voted to leave or to remain. As Greens, we will fight to ensure that EU citizens already living in the UK will be allowed to stay and we insist that they are treated respectfully. We will also do our utmost to achieve an electoral system in which votes are translated into seats fairly, so that nobody feels their voice is unheard and politicians act as true representatives. Finally, we will ensure that our decision to leave the EU is not used as an excuse to launch a race to the bottom in terms of environmental standards, taxation and workers’ rights."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Special Committee on Tax Rulings and Other Measures Similar in Nature or Effect (TAXE 2) (2015-12-02--2016-08-02)3 member; ECON (2014-07-01--2017-01-18)3 member; Committee of Inquiry to investigate alleged contraventions and maladministration in the application of Union law in relation to money laundering, tax avoidance and tax evasion (2016-06-24--2017-12-13)3 substitute; AGRI (2014-07-01--2017-01-18)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"(The speaker agreed to take a blue-card question under Rule 162(8))"1 "Molly Scott Cato (Verts/ALE )."1
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