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lpv:spoken text	". Madam President, I find this absolutely fascinating! Every time I come here I have to smile. What this place knows about running small businesses is absolutely unbelievable. When I look up the CVs of Members of this Parliament, I find that nobody has ever had any serious responsibility for a small company in their lives. It is amazing what we all know about these things! In 1992 I started a small business. I thought about it and I bought some old-fashioned, second-hand furniture. I sucked my pencil and thought, ‘My goodness me, what have I done? I have left a big corporation, where do I go from here?’. That business now has branches in Hong Kong, Jersey, the Channel Islands and South Africa, as well as London and York, which is my constituency. I really do not think I could do that again. There are regulations, it is unbelievable. If you really want to fire up small business in the European Union, and particularly the United Kingdom, I would suggest that these people here and the Commission get their blasted noses out of everybody else’s business and stop trying to tell us how we should run our businesses! Just let us get on with it, because if you do not, more and more businesses are going to go to Dubai, Bermuda and the Channel Islands – I am moving half my business to the Channel Islands as it is. I would counsel you and the Commission to please keep your ill-informed noses out of small businesses!"@en⁴
lpv:spokenAs	member; IND/DEM (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)²³ substitute; FEMM (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)²³ member; IMCO (2007-01-31--2008-10-07)²³ unknown; UK Independence Party (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)²³ member; Committee of Inquiry into the crisis of the Equitable Life Assurance Society (2006-01-19--2007-06-19)²³
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, I find this absolutely fascinating! Every time I come here I have to smile. What this place knows about running small businesses is absolutely unbelievable. When I look up the CVs of Members of this Parliament, I find that nobody has ever had any serious responsibility for a small company in their lives. It is amazing what we all know about these things! In 1992 I started a small business. I thought about it and I bought some old-fashioned, second-hand furniture. I sucked my pencil and thought, ‘My goodness me, what have I done? I have left a big corporation, where do I go from here?’. That business now has branches in Hong Kong, Jersey, the Channel Islands and South Africa, as well as London and York, which is my constituency. I really do not think I could do that again. There are regulations, it is unbelievable. If you really want to fire up small business in the European Union, and particularly the United Kingdom, I would suggest that these people here and the Commission get their blasted noses out of everybody else’s business and stop trying to tell us how we should run our businesses! Just let us get on with it, because if you do not, more and more businesses are going to go to Dubai, Bermuda and the Channel Islands – I am moving half my business to the Channel Islands as it is. I would counsel you and the Commission to please keep your ill-informed noses out of small businesses!"@cs¹ "Fru formand! Jeg finder dette absolut fascinerende! Hver gang jeg kommer her, kommer jeg til at smile. Hvad man ved om at drive små virksomheder her, er helt utroligt. Når jeg kigger på CV'erne for Parlamentets medlemmer, kan jeg se, at ingen nogensinde har haft noget som helst seriøst ansvar for en mindre virksomhed. Det er utroligt, hvad vi alle ved om disse ting! I 1992 startede jeg en lille virksomhed. Jeg tænkte over det og købte nogle gammeldags, brugte møbler. Jeg tyggede på min blyant og tænkte: "Du godeste, hvad har jeg gjort? Jeg har forladt en stor virksomhed, og hvor går jeg nu hen?". Den virksomhed har nu afdelinger i Hongkong, Jersey, Kanaløerne og Sydafrika samt London og York, som er min valgkreds. Jeg tror faktisk ikke, at jeg kunne gøre det igen. Der er bestemmelser, at det er helt utroligt. Hvis De virkelig ønsker at sætte fut i de små virksomheder i EU, og navnlig Det Forenede Kongerige, vil jeg foreslå, at folk her og i Kommissionen får deres snuder ud af andre folks sager og holder op med at fortælle os, hvordan vi skal drive vores virksomheder! Bare lad os komme videre, for hvis De ikke gør det, vil flere og flere virksomheder flytte til Dubai, Bermuda og Kanaløerne - jeg flytter halvdelen af min virksomhed til Kanaløerne allerede nu. Jeg vil råde Dem og Kommissionen til at holde Deres uvidende snuder væk fra de små virksomheder!"@da² ". Frau Präsidentin! Ich finde dies unglaublich faszinierend! Jedes Mal, wenn ich hierherkomme, muss ich lächeln. Es ist wirklich unglaublich, was man hier über das Führen von Kleinunternehmen weiß. Wenn ich mir die Lebensläufe der Mitglieder dieses Parlaments ansehe, dann stelle ich fest, dass keiner jemals in seinem Leben wirklich Verantwortung für ein kleines Unternehmen getragen hat. Es ist schon erstaunlich, wie viel wir alle über diese Sachen wissen! Im Jahr 1992 habe ich ein kleines Unternehmen gegründet. Ich habe nachgedacht und mir dann ein paar altmodische gebrauchte Möbel gekauft. Ich habe an meinem Stift gekaut und gedacht: „Meine Güte, was habe ich getan? Ich habe einen großen Konzern verlassen, wie soll es jetzt weitergehen?“. Diese Firma verfügt nun über Zweigstellen in Hongkong, Jersey, auf den Kanalinseln und in Südafrika sowie in London und in meinem Wahlbezirk York. Ich glaube wirklich nicht, dass ich das noch einmal tun könnte. Es gibt so viele Verordnungen, es ist unglaublich. Wenn Sie wirklich Kleinunternehmen in der Europäischen Union und insbesondere im Vereinigten Königreich fördern wollen, dann schlage ich vor, dass die Leute hier und die Kommission sich zum Kuckuck noch einmal aus den Angelegenheiten aller anderen heraushalten und aufhören uns sagen zu wollen, wie wir unsere Unternehmen führen sollen! Lassen Sie uns einfach in Ruhe, denn wenn Sie das nicht tun, werden immer mehr Unternehmen nach Dubai, auf die Bermudas und auf die Kanalinseln gehen; ich selbst bin schon dabei, die Hälfte meines Unternehmens auf die Kanalinseln zu verlegen. Ich würde Ihnen und der Kommission raten, Ihre unwissenden Nasen nicht mehr in die Angelegenheiten von Kleinunternehmen zu stecken!"@de⁹ "Κυρία Πρόεδρε, όλη αυτή η συζήτηση είναι εξαιρετικά συναρπαστική! Κάθε φορά που έρχομαι εδώ πρέπει να χαμογελώ. Το τι γνωρίζουμε εδώ για τη λειτουργία των μικρών επιχειρήσεων είναι απίστευτο! Βλέποντας τα βιογραφικά των βουλευτών του Κοινοβουλίου, διαπιστώνω ότι κανείς δεν είχε ποτέ στη ζωή του σοβαρή ευθύνη για μια μικρή εταιρεία. Είναι απίστευτο το τι γνωρίζουμε όλοι για αυτά τα θέματα! Το 1992 ξεκίνησα μια μικρή επιχείρηση. Το σκέφτηκα και αγόρασα μερικά παλιομοδίτικα, μεταχειρισμένα έπιπλα. Μετά σκέφτηκα: «Θεέ μου, τι έκανα; Άφησα μια μεγάλη εταιρεία, πού θα πάω από δω και πέρα;» Αυτή η επιχείρηση έχει τώρα παραρτήματα στο Χονγκ Κονγκ, στο Τζέρσεϋ, στις Νήσους της Μάγχης και στη Νότιο Αφρική, καθώς και στο Λονδίνο και στο Γιορκ, το οποίο είναι και η εκλογική περιφέρειά μου. Πραγματικά δεν πιστεύω ότι θα μπορούσα να το ξανακάνω. Υπάρχουν κανονισμοί που είναι απίστευτο. Αν θέλετε πραγματικά να ενισχύσετε τις μικρές επιχειρήσεις στην Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση και ειδικά στο Ηνωμένο Βασίλειο, θα πρότεινα αυτοί οι άνθρωποι εδώ και η Επιτροπή να σταματήσουν να χώνουν την καταραμένη μύτη τους στις δουλειές όλων των άλλων και να σταματήσουν να μας λένε πώς να λειτουργούμε τις επιχειρήσεις μας! Απλώς αφήστε μας να προχωρήσουμε, διότι αν δεν το κάνετε, όλο και περισσότερες επιχειρήσεις θα πηγαίνουν στο Ντουμπάι, στις Βερμούδες και στις Νήσους της Μάγχης – εγώ ήδη μεταφέρω τη μισή επιχείρησή μου στις Νήσους της Μάγχης. Θα συμβούλευα εσάς και την Επιτροπή να κρατήσετε την κακώς πληροφορημένη μύτη σας έξω από τις μικρές επιχειρήσεις!"@el¹⁰ ". Señora Presidenta, esto me parece absolutamente fascinante. Cada vez que vengo aquí no me queda más remedio que sonreír. Lo que se sabe en este lugar sobre el funcionamiento de las pequeñas empresas es absolutamente increíble. Cuando miro el currículo de los diputados a este Parlamento, veo que nadie ha sido nunca responsable de una pequeña empresa. ¡Es sorprendente lo que sabemos todos sobre el tema! En 1992 yo puse en marcha una pequeña empresa. Me lo pensé y compré algunos muebles anticuados, de segunda mano. Chupé mi lápiz y pensé: «Dios mío, ¿qué he hecho? He dejado una gran empresa, ¿adónde quiero ir ahora?» Esa empresa tiene ahora sucursales en Hong Kong, Jersey, las Islas del Canal y Sudáfrica, así como Londres y York, que es mi circunscripción. Creo realmente que no podría volver a hacerlo. Hay reglamentos que sería inconcebible. Si de verdad quieren ustedes impulsar la pequeña empresa en la Unión Europea, y en particular en el Reino Unido, sugiero que ustedes y la Comisión dejen de meter las narices en los asuntos ajenos y de decirnos cómo deberíamos llevar nuestros negocios. Dejen que sigamos nuestro camino, porque de lo contrario cada vez habrá más empresas que se vayan a Dubai, las Bermudas y las Islas del Canal; yo ya voy a trasladar la mitad de mi negocio a las Islas del Canal. Les aconsejo a ustedes y a la Comisión que dejen de meter sus mal informadas narices en las pequeñas empresas."@es²¹ "Madam President, I find this absolutely fascinating! Every time I come here I have to smile. What this place knows about running small businesses is absolutely unbelievable. When I look up the CVs of Members of this Parliament, I find that nobody has ever had any serious responsibility for a small company in their lives. It is amazing what we all know about these things! In 1992 I started a small business. I thought about it and I bought some old-fashioned, second-hand furniture. I sucked my pencil and thought, ‘My goodness me, what have I done? I have left a big corporation, where do I go from here?’. That business now has branches in Hong Kong, Jersey, the Channel Islands and South Africa, as well as London and York, which is my constituency. I really do not think I could do that again. There are regulations, it is unbelievable. If you really want to fire up small business in the European Union, and particularly the United Kingdom, I would suggest that these people here and the Commission get their blasted noses out of everybody else’s business and stop trying to tell us how we should run our businesses! Just let us get on with it, because if you do not, more and more businesses are going to go to Dubai, Bermuda and the Channel Islands – I am moving half my business to the Channel Islands as it is. I would counsel you and the Commission to please keep your ill-informed noses out of small businesses!"@et⁵ ". Arvoisa puhemies, tämä on todella mielenkiintoista! Joka kerta tullessani tänne minua alkaa hymyilyttää. On aivan uskomatonta, kuinka vähän Euroopan parlamentti tietää pienyritysten johtamisesta. Tarkastellessani parlamentin jäsenten ansioluetteloita havaitsin, ettei kukaan heistä ole koskaan elämänsä aikana kantanut minkäänlaista todellista vastuuta pienyrityksestä. On siis hämmästyttävää, kuinka paljon he tietävätkään näistä asioista! Käynnistin pienyrityksen vuonna 1992. Mietin asiaa ja ostin hieman käytettyjä, vanhanaikaisia huonekaluja. Pureskelin lyijykynääni ja mietin: "Luoja paratkoon, mitä olen tehnyt? Olen lähtenyt suuresta yhtiöstä – mitä teen nyt?" Yritykselläni on nyt sivuliikkeitä Hongkongissa, Jerseyn saarella, Kanaalisaarilla, Etelä-Afrikassa, Lontoossa sekä vaalipiirissäni Yorkissa. En usko, että voisin tehdä samaa uudelleen. On uskomatonta, kuinka säädöksiä on. Jos pienyritykset halutaan todella saada kukoistamaan Euroopan unionissa ja etenkin Yhdistyneessä kuningaskunnassa, kehottaisin, että nämä ihmiset täällä ja komissiossa lakkaisivat sekaantumasta muiden asioihin ja puhumasta meille siitä, kuinka meidän pitäisi johtaa yrityksiämme! Antakaa meidän vain jatkaa yritystemme hoitamista. Ellette tee niin, yhä useammat yritykset siirtyvät Dubaihin, Bermudalle ja Kanaalisaarille – ja itse asiassa myös minä siirrän puolet yrityksestäni Kanaalisaarille. Neuvoisin teitä ja komissiota pitämään tietämättömät nenänne poissa pienyrityksistämme!"@fi⁷ ". Madame la Présidente, je trouve cela absolument fascinant! Chaque fois que je viens ici, je suis obligé de sourire. Les connaissances de cette Assemblée au sujet de la gestion des petites entreprises sont absolument incroyables. Lorsque je consulte les CV des députés de ce Parlement, je constate que personne n’a jamais, au cours de sa vie, assumé la moindre responsabilité sérieuse au sein d’une petite entreprise. Notre savoir en la matière est étonnant! J’ai lancé une petite entreprise en 1992. J’ai réfléchi et j’ai acheté quelques meubles d’occasion démodés. J’ai posé mon crayon entre mes lèvres et j’ai pensé «Mon Dieu, qu’ai-je fait? J’ai quitté une grande entreprise, que faire maintenant?» Cette entreprise possède maintenant des succursales à Hong Kong, à Jersey City, dans les îles Anglo-Normandes et en Afrique du Sud, de même qu’à Londres et à York, ma circonscription. Je pense vraiment que je serais incapable de refaire la même chose. Il existe de règlements, c’est incroyable. Pour donner un coup d’accélérateur réel à la petite entreprise dans l’Union européenne, au Royaume-Uni en particulier, je propose que les personnes ici présentes et la Commission cessent de se mêler des affaires de tout le monde et d’essayer de nous dire comment gérer nos entreprises! Laissez-nous travailler, faute de quoi un nombre croissant d’entreprises iront à Dubaï, aux Bermudes et dans les îles Anglo-Normandes - c’est d’ailleurs vers ces dernières que je suis sur le point de délocaliser la moitié de mes affaires. Je vous conseille, à vous et à la Commission, de garder vos nez mal renseignés loin des petites entreprises!"@fr⁸ "Madam President, I find this absolutely fascinating! Every time I come here I have to smile. What this place knows about running small businesses is absolutely unbelievable. When I look up the CVs of Members of this Parliament, I find that nobody has ever had any serious responsibility for a small company in their lives. It is amazing what we all know about these things! In 1992 I started a small business. I thought about it and I bought some old-fashioned, second-hand furniture. I sucked my pencil and thought, ‘My goodness me, what have I done? I have left a big corporation, where do I go from here?’. That business now has branches in Hong Kong, Jersey, the Channel Islands and South Africa, as well as London and York, which is my constituency. I really do not think I could do that again. There are regulations, it is unbelievable. If you really want to fire up small business in the European Union, and particularly the United Kingdom, I would suggest that these people here and the Commission get their blasted noses out of everybody else’s business and stop trying to tell us how we should run our businesses! Just let us get on with it, because if you do not, more and more businesses are going to go to Dubai, Bermuda and the Channel Islands – I am moving half my business to the Channel Islands as it is. I would counsel you and the Commission to please keep your ill-informed noses out of small businesses!"@hu¹¹ "Signora Presidente, questa proposta mi sembra assolutamente affascinante! Ogni volta che vengo qui non posso fare a meno di sorridere. La competenza di quest’Assemblea in materia di gestione aziendale è assolutamente incredibile! Se esamino i dei deputati al Parlamento europeo mi rendo conto che nessuno ha mai avuto alcuna responsabilità seria nella gestione di una piccola impresa nella sua vita! Le conoscenze di noi tutti sull’argomento sono impressionanti! Nel 1992 ho avviato una piccola impresa. Ci ho pensato su e ho acquistato alcuni vecchi mobili di seconda mano. Riflettendo con la matita in bocca, mi sono chiesto: “Povero me, che cosa ho fatto? Ho lasciato una grande società, e adesso cosa farò?”. Quell’azienda ora ha succursali a Hong Kong, nel Jersey, nelle Isole Normanne e in Sudafrica, nonché a Londra e a York, che è il mio distretto elettorale. Sinceramente non credo che potrei rifare tutto da capo. I regolamenti sono davvero è incredibile. Se si vogliono effettivamente incentivare le piccole imprese nell’Unione europea, e in particolare nel Regno Unito, suggerisco ai presenti e alla Commissione di tenere i loro maledetti nasi fuori dalle faccende altrui e di smettere di cercare di dirci come dovremmo gestire le nostre imprese! Lasciate che siamo noi a occuparcene, perché altrimenti sempre più aziende si trasferiranno a Dubai, alle Bermuda e nelle Isole Normanne; per quanto mi riguarda, date le circostanze, sto trasferendo metà della mia attività nelle Isole Normanne. Consiglio a voi e alla Commissione di tenere i vostri nasi malinformati fuori dalle piccole imprese!"@it¹² "Madam President, I find this absolutely fascinating! Every time I come here I have to smile. What this place knows about running small businesses is absolutely unbelievable. When I look up the CVs of Members of this Parliament, I find that nobody has ever had any serious responsibility for a small company in their lives. It is amazing what we all know about these things! In 1992 I started a small business. I thought about it and I bought some old-fashioned, second-hand furniture. I sucked my pencil and thought, ‘My goodness me, what have I done? I have left a big corporation, where do I go from here?’. That business now has branches in Hong Kong, Jersey, the Channel Islands and South Africa, as well as London and York, which is my constituency. I really do not think I could do that again. There are regulations, it is unbelievable. If you really want to fire up small business in the European Union, and particularly the United Kingdom, I would suggest that these people here and the Commission get their blasted noses out of everybody else’s business and stop trying to tell us how we should run our businesses! Just let us get on with it, because if you do not, more and more businesses are going to go to Dubai, Bermuda and the Channel Islands – I am moving half my business to the Channel Islands as it is. I would counsel you and the Commission to please keep your ill-informed noses out of small businesses!"@lt¹⁴ "Madam President, I find this absolutely fascinating! Every time I come here I have to smile. What this place knows about running small businesses is absolutely unbelievable. When I look up the CVs of Members of this Parliament, I find that nobody has ever had any serious responsibility for a small company in their lives. It is amazing what we all know about these things! In 1992 I started a small business. I thought about it and I bought some old-fashioned, second-hand furniture. I sucked my pencil and thought, ‘My goodness me, what have I done? I have left a big corporation, where do I go from here?’. That business now has branches in Hong Kong, Jersey, the Channel Islands and South Africa, as well as London and York, which is my constituency. I really do not think I could do that again. There are regulations, it is unbelievable. If you really want to fire up small business in the European Union, and particularly the United Kingdom, I would suggest that these people here and the Commission get their blasted noses out of everybody else’s business and stop trying to tell us how we should run our businesses! Just let us get on with it, because if you do not, more and more businesses are going to go to Dubai, Bermuda and the Channel Islands – I am moving half my business to the Channel Islands as it is. I would counsel you and the Commission to please keep your ill-informed noses out of small businesses!"@lv¹³ "Madam President, I find this absolutely fascinating! Every time I come here I have to smile. What this place knows about running small businesses is absolutely unbelievable. When I look up the CVs of Members of this Parliament, I find that nobody has ever had any serious responsibility for a small company in their lives. It is amazing what we all know about these things! In 1992 I started a small business. I thought about it and I bought some old-fashioned, second-hand furniture. I sucked my pencil and thought, ‘My goodness me, what have I done? I have left a big corporation, where do I go from here?’. That business now has branches in Hong Kong, Jersey, the Channel Islands and South Africa, as well as London and York, which is my constituency. I really do not think I could do that again. There are regulations, it is unbelievable. If you really want to fire up small business in the European Union, and particularly the United Kingdom, I would suggest that these people here and the Commission get their blasted noses out of everybody else’s business and stop trying to tell us how we should run our businesses! Just let us get on with it, because if you do not, more and more businesses are going to go to Dubai, Bermuda and the Channel Islands – I am moving half my business to the Channel Islands as it is. I would counsel you and the Commission to please keep your ill-informed noses out of small businesses!"@mt¹⁵ "Mevrouw de Voorzitter, ik vind dit alles bijzonder fascinerend! Elke keer als ik hier kom, kan ik een glimlach niet onderdrukken. De ideeën die hier over kleine bedrijven rondgaan, zijn echt ongelofelijk. Wanneer ik naar de cv’s van afgevaardigden van dit Parlement kijk, moet ik constateren dat niemand ooit echt in zijn of haar leven de verantwoordelijkheid heeft gehad voor een klein bedrijf. Het is echter wel verbazingwekkend wat iedereen hierover denkt te weten! Ik heb in 1992 een klein bedrijf opgericht. Ik heb erover nagedacht en vervolgens heb ik wat ouderwets, tweedehands meubilair gekocht. Ik zoog op mijn pen en ik dacht Mijn bedrijf heeft nu echter niet alleen vestigingen in Hongkong, op Jersey, de Kanaaleilanden en Zuid-Afrika, maar ook in Londen en York, mijn eigen kiesdistrict. Ik geloof niet dat ik dat nu nog een keer voor elkaar zou krijgen. Er zijn regels en voorschriften; dat is echt onvoorstelbaar. Wanneer wij de kleine bedrijven in de Europese Unie, en met name in het Verenigd Koninkrijk, een echte impuls willen geven, stel ik voor dat al deze mensen hier samen met de Commissie hun opdringerige neuzen niet langer in andermans zaken steken en ophouden met ons te vertellen hoe wij onze bedrijven moeten leiden! Laat ons toch onze eigen gang gaan, want als u dat niet toelaat, zullen steeds meer bedrijven naar Dubai, Bermuda of de Kanaaleilanden vertrekken – om eerlijk te zijn, verhuis ik zelf ook de helft van mijn bedrijf naar de Kanaaleilanden. Ik raad u en de Commissie dan ook aan om uw opdringerige en slecht geïnformeerde neuzen niet langer in andermans zaken c.q. de kleine bedrijven te steken!"@nl³ "Madam President, I find this absolutely fascinating! Every time I come here I have to smile. What this place knows about running small businesses is absolutely unbelievable. When I look up the CVs of Members of this Parliament, I find that nobody has ever had any serious responsibility for a small company in their lives. It is amazing what we all know about these things! In 1992 I started a small business. I thought about it and I bought some old-fashioned, second-hand furniture. I sucked my pencil and thought, ‘My goodness me, what have I done? I have left a big corporation, where do I go from here?’. That business now has branches in Hong Kong, Jersey, the Channel Islands and South Africa, as well as London and York, which is my constituency. I really do not think I could do that again. There are regulations, it is unbelievable. If you really want to fire up small business in the European Union, and particularly the United Kingdom, I would suggest that these people here and the Commission get their blasted noses out of everybody else’s business and stop trying to tell us how we should run our businesses! Just let us get on with it, because if you do not, more and more businesses are going to go to Dubai, Bermuda and the Channel Islands – I am moving half my business to the Channel Islands as it is. I would counsel you and the Commission to please keep your ill-informed noses out of small businesses!"@pl¹⁶ "Senhora Presidente, acho isto absolutamente fascinante! Cada vez que aqui venho, não poso deixar de rir. O que nesta Câmara se sabe sobre gestão de pequenas empresas é absolutamente inacreditável. Quando analiso os dos membros deste Parlamento, constato que não há um único que jamais tenha tido, em toda a sua vida, qualquer posição de responsabilidade numa pequena empresa. É surpreendente o conhecimento que todos temos sobre esta matéria! Em 1992, criei uma pequena empresa. Pensara no assunto e adquirira alguns móveis antigos, em segunda mão. Na altura, questionei-me: "Céus! Que fui fazer? Deixei uma grande empresa – e agora, o que me reserva o futuro? ". Aquela pequena empresa tem hoje filiais em Hong Kong, Jersey, Ilhas do Canal e África do Sul, para além de Londres e York, que é a minha circunscrição eleitoral. Sinceramente, não creio que conseguisse fazê-lo de novo. São os regulamentos a cumprir, que custa a acreditar! Se querem realmente incentivar as pequenas empresas na União Europeia, e concretamente no Reino Unido, sugiro que estas pessoas aqui e a Comissão deixem de se imiscuir na actividade dos outros e de nos tentar dizer como é que devemos gerir as nossas empresas. Deixem-nos simplesmente gerir o nosso negócio, pois caso contrário haverá mais e mais empresas a deslocarem-se para o Dubai, para as Bermudas ou para as Ilhas do Canal – eu próprio irei transferir metade do meu negócio para as Ilhas do Canal. O meu conselho, extensivo à Comissão, é que, na vossa douta ignorância, não interfiram na actividade das pequenas empresas!"@pt¹⁷ "Madam President, I find this absolutely fascinating! Every time I come here I have to smile. What this place knows about running small businesses is absolutely unbelievable. When I look up the CVs of Members of this Parliament, I find that nobody has ever had any serious responsibility for a small company in their lives. It is amazing what we all know about these things! In 1992 I started a small business. I thought about it and I bought some old-fashioned, second-hand furniture. I sucked my pencil and thought, ‘My goodness me, what have I done? I have left a big corporation, where do I go from here?’. That business now has branches in Hong Kong, Jersey, the Channel Islands and South Africa, as well as London and York, which is my constituency. I really do not think I could do that again. There are regulations, it is unbelievable. If you really want to fire up small business in the European Union, and particularly the United Kingdom, I would suggest that these people here and the Commission get their blasted noses out of everybody else’s business and stop trying to tell us how we should run our businesses! Just let us get on with it, because if you do not, more and more businesses are going to go to Dubai, Bermuda and the Channel Islands – I am moving half my business to the Channel Islands as it is. I would counsel you and the Commission to please keep your ill-informed noses out of small businesses!"@ro¹⁸ "Madam President, I find this absolutely fascinating! Every time I come here I have to smile. What this place knows about running small businesses is absolutely unbelievable. When I look up the CVs of Members of this Parliament, I find that nobody has ever had any serious responsibility for a small company in their lives. It is amazing what we all know about these things! In 1992 I started a small business. I thought about it and I bought some old-fashioned, second-hand furniture. I sucked my pencil and thought, ‘My goodness me, what have I done? I have left a big corporation, where do I go from here?’. That business now has branches in Hong Kong, Jersey, the Channel Islands and South Africa, as well as London and York, which is my constituency. I really do not think I could do that again. There are regulations, it is unbelievable. If you really want to fire up small business in the European Union, and particularly the United Kingdom, I would suggest that these people here and the Commission get their blasted noses out of everybody else’s business and stop trying to tell us how we should run our businesses! Just let us get on with it, because if you do not, more and more businesses are going to go to Dubai, Bermuda and the Channel Islands – I am moving half my business to the Channel Islands as it is. I would counsel you and the Commission to please keep your ill-informed noses out of small businesses!"@sk¹⁹ "Madam President, I find this absolutely fascinating! Every time I come here I have to smile. What this place knows about running small businesses is absolutely unbelievable. When I look up the CVs of Members of this Parliament, I find that nobody has ever had any serious responsibility for a small company in their lives. It is amazing what we all know about these things! In 1992 I started a small business. I thought about it and I bought some old-fashioned, second-hand furniture. I sucked my pencil and thought, ‘My goodness me, what have I done? I have left a big corporation, where do I go from here?’. That business now has branches in Hong Kong, Jersey, the Channel Islands and South Africa, as well as London and York, which is my constituency. I really do not think I could do that again. There are regulations, it is unbelievable. If you really want to fire up small business in the European Union, and particularly the United Kingdom, I would suggest that these people here and the Commission get their blasted noses out of everybody else’s business and stop trying to tell us how we should run our businesses! Just let us get on with it, because if you do not, more and more businesses are going to go to Dubai, Bermuda and the Channel Islands – I am moving half my business to the Channel Islands as it is. I would counsel you and the Commission to please keep your ill-informed noses out of small businesses!"@sl²⁰ "Fru talman! Jag tycker att det här är fullständigt fascinerande! Varje gång jag kommer hit är jag tvungen att le. Det man här i kammaren känner till om små företag är fullständigt otroligt. Genom att gå igenom parlamentsledamöternas CV har jag konstaterat att det inte finns någon som har haft något seriöst ansvar för ett litet företag någon gång i livet. Det är fantastiskt vad vi alla vet mycket om dessa saker! År 1992 startade jag ett litet företag. Jag funderade lite och köpte sedan in några gammalmodiga, begagnade möbler. Jag funderade lite till och tänkte: ”Milda makter, vad har jag gjort? Jag har lämnat ett stort företag, och vad ska jag nu göra?”. Detta företag har nu förgreningar i Hongkong, Jersey, Kanalöarna och Sydafrika samt London och York, som är min valkrets. Jag tror förvisso inte att jag skulle kunna göra något sådant igen. Det finns förordningar att det är otroligt. Om ni verkligen vill entusiasmera de små företagen i Europeiska unionen, och i synnerhet i Förenade kungariket, föreslår jag att personerna här i kammaren och kommissionen slutar upp med att lägga sig i alla andras affärer och att tala om för oss hur vi ska sköta vår verksamhet! Låt oss bara fortsätta, för om ni inte gör det kommer alltfler företag att flytta till Dubai, Bermuda och Kanalöarna – jag kommer att flytta halva min verksamhet till Kanalöarna som det nu förhåller sig. Jag råder er och kommissionen att vänligen inte lägga er i de små företagens affärer så länge ni är så dåligt informerade!"@sv²²
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Allemachtig, waar ben ik aan begonnen? Ik ben bij een grote onderneming weggegaan en hoe moet ik nu verder?"³ "Godfrey Bloom,"^{18,5,20,20,15,1,1,19,14,16,11,13,4} "on behalf of the IND/DEM Group"^{18,5,20,15,1,19,14,16,11,13,4} "paljon"⁷ "so many"^{18,5,20,15,1,19,14,16,11,13,4} "så mange"² "så många"²² "tantos"^21,17,17,21 "tellement"⁸ "troppi"¹² "zo veel"³ "τόσοι πολλοί"¹⁰