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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-04-14"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Vote2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20000414.2.5-020"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-04-14-Speech-5-0212
lpv:speaker	lp:Jean-Louis Bourlanges2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; CONT (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; BUDG (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; EPP-ED (1999-07-20--2002-03-07)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Poland Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-10-06--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Union pour la démocratie française (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I feel that we are making rather a spectacle of ourselves. I am reminded of the priest who berates his parishioners because other people do not come to Church. We are here to work and those who are not here to work are preventing us from doing so. Mr Schulz is right. This is completely immoral. Secondly, Mr President, I would like us to get on with the debate. Even if the fact that we do not meet the quorum means that we cannot vote, we can still debate. Thirdly, I would like to point out the absurdity of the Rules of Procedure and ask the President to see that the matter is referred to the relevant Committee, for our Rules of Procedure state that the quorum cannot be required if less than 32 Members are present. Therefore, if there had only been 29 Members present we could have voted and no one could have stopped us, but, because there are more than 32, we cannot vote! This is absurd, and we are making a spectacle of ourselves in front of the whole of Europe. We cannot go on like this."@en1
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