Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-02-04-Speech-1-026"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-02-04"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Announcement by the President2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020204.3.1-026"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-02-04-Speech-1-0272
lpv:speaker	lp:Geoffrey Van Orden2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, I would like to draw attention to the seriousness of the situation around Calais following the second refusal by French courts last Friday to close the Sangatte refugee transit centre. In particular, I want to highlight the damage being done to the British rail freight industry by the policy of the French authorities effectively to close the tunnel to freight trains for 18 hours a day. Eight thousand British jobs are being put at risk as a result of this state of affairs, including in my own area of the east of England. Apart from the other very serious implications, the situation makes a mockery of the idea of the free movement of goods across the European Union. I hope the Commission will institute urgent proceedings against the French authorities in order to rectify this situation."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; EPP-ED (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (2002-01-22--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Conservative and Unionist Party (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Van Orden (PPE-DE )."1

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