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"Madam President, there is one charge against which I would always defend members of this House, and that is the widespread belief in many of our Member States that MEPs are lazy: that we come here and sit around and do nothing.
Frankly, the world would be a much better place if that charge were true: if, instead of constantly legislating, people would come in, and clock in for their very generous attendance allowance, and then go and work on their golf handicap or read a novel, or do something other than meddling in the lives of everybody else. But, of course, human nature being what it is, we – having claimed all of these generous expenses – decide we have to do something, we have to justify our work in some way, and so we produce reports like this.
On what conceivable measure is this anything that has to do with the European Union? Of course the protection of vulnerable adults is a critical function but by any conceivable …
I am sorry but I am being heckled by a sort of lefty Yahoo over there, who is gibbering and ranting like a stricken animal. But, by any conceivable supposition, this is something that is reserved for the Member States. Why not recognise the limits of what we can do?"@en1
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