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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-12-17"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Vote2
dcterms:Language	"pt"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20031217.4.3-082"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-12-17-Speech-3-0832
lpv:speaker	lp:Ilda Figueiredo2
lpv:spokenAs	member_of_the_bureau; EUL/NGL (2002-03-06--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Partido Comunista Português (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; EMPL (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; AGRI (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries and the Gulf (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Temporary committee on improving safety at sea (2003-11-20--2004-04-21)3 substitute; PECH (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	". Although the compromise that the European Parliament is proposing to the Council introduces some amendments to its proposal of 3 and 4 June (on tax issues and on privileges and immunities, for example), it retains aspects with which we disagree, such as fixing a monthly parliamentary salary that is the same for all Members, regardless of the country they represent. Whether or not to establish a statute for Members of the European Parliament is not the issue. The issue is its content. As we have stated, the Members of this House are elected to represent national constituencies. Consequently, they are, and must continue to be, bound to these constituencies. This means that the salary of a Member of the EP must be based on the salary paid to the Members of the national parliaments of the country in which they were elected. By the same token, we cannot ignore the existence of very different social realities in the countries of the EU. Providing a parliamentary salary that is the same for all EP Members will create situations of profound inequality and disparity in various countries, such as Portugal, between the salaries earned by workers and those earned by political representatives and holders of public office. This would be totally incomprehensible. Hence our vote against the report."@en1

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