Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-11-17-Speech-3-178"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2004-11-17"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Statement by Mr Barroso, President-elect of the Commission2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20041117.9.3-178"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-11-17-Speech-3-1792
lpv:speaker	lp:Paul Marie Coûteaux2
lpv:spokenAs	member; AFET (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member_of_the_bureau; IND/DEM (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union (including Libya) (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 member; Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Mouvement pour la France (2004-07-20--2005-10-04)3 substitute; DEVE (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the upholders of French sovereignty will vote against what is known as the Barroso Commission for, in the first place, reasons of principle of which I have already spoken in this House. We are opposed to this mockery of a state which the European Union aspires to be, as well as to a Commission that is playing at being a government and that apparently needs to be confirmed in office. Obviously, we cannot tolerate all that. Nor can we tolerate the atmosphere in which your Commission has been constituted, Mr Barroso: that of a witch-hunt. Firstly, let it be noted that the Member States have been dispossessed of their last prerogatives in respect of the Commission, since two of them have had to back down. For us, that is, of course, a worrying phenomenon. Then there was the sacrifice of Mrs Udre who, far from just being suspected of prevarication, was accused of being critical of Europe. Apparently, the totalitarian enterprise known as the European Union cannot tolerate the slightest internal criticism. Finally, we dislike the general atmosphere because of the fate reserved for Mr Buttiglione, who was thrown to the lions in the Coliseum. By signing the would-be European Constitution on Capitol Hill on 29 October, the Heads of State or Government also turned their backs on the Vatican and on our Christian roots, a wayward move that, in our view, is unacceptable. I hope that French Catholics – indeed, French and European Christians – will remember this episode and know that Europe is, without a doubt, turning its back on its roots. I think it is an illusion to believe that, in such conditions – that is to say, by severing our roots – we can make much progress."@en1

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