Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-06-11-Speech-2-145"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-06-11"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Election of representatives of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020611.8.2-145"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-06-11-Speech-2-1462
lpv:speaker	lp:Bart Staes2
lpv:spokenAs	member; G/EFA (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 chair; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 unknown; België Spirit (2002-01-08--2002-09-22)3 member; CONT (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Temporary committee on foot and mouth disease (2002-01-17--2002-12-17)3 member; Conference of Delegation Chairs (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees and Delegation for relations with Tadjikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, the ten elected Members of the European Free Alliance, the sum total of the regionalist and nationalist Members within the Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance, have a problem with recital C. It does state that it is possible to establish regional constituencies for elections, whereby, however – and I quote – “the proportional representation of political families at Member State level must not be undermined”. Could I point out that in the Belgian system, Member State level for European elections is totally irrelevant? Dutch-speakers and French-speakers go to the ballot boxes in two separate constituencies for elections which are totally unrelated to each other. In my opinion, recital C is a liberal interpretation of Article 2 of the Council’s draft decision. Moreover, the different language versions – just read the French, Dutch and English versions – are not identical. The European Free Alliance is also struggling with the reference to transnational lists in recital D. In our opinion, this practice will lead to an even greater erosion of political diversity in this hemisphere. Indeed, it is making it even more difficult for smaller political formations to obtain seats at transnational, national and regional level, certainly when this is combined with the 5% electoral threshold. This is why the ten MEPs of the European Fee Alliance will not be endorsing the present recommendation by Mr Gil Robles."@en1

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