Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-01-11-Speech-2-033"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2005-01-11"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Constitution for Europe2
dcterms:Language	"es"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20050111.5.2-033"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2005-01-11-Speech-2-0342
lpv:speaker	lp:Carlos Iturgaiz2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Partido Popular (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; PETI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; LIBE (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3 member; Delegation for relations with Japan (2004-09-15--2006-01-15)3 member; REGI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia and the South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) (2004-09-16--2007-03-13)3 member; EPP-ED (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	". Mr President, it goes without saying that I must begin by congratulating the rapporteurs on their excellent report. I have had the honour of being draftsman of the opinion for this report for the Committee on Regional Development and I would like to say that the debate on this issue has been very positive and intense, because, amongst other things, we must remember the essential role played by regional and local administrations in European integration. And it is also essential to remember that the European Constitution recognises local and regional autonomy as an integral part of the national identity of the Member States. This means that, amongst other things, the European Constitution guarantees the inviolability of the current borders of the States making up the current European Union. Today, however, on the subject of the Constitution and the regions, I would also like to condemn the fact that, in a region of Europe, a Spanish region, the Basque Country, the exclusive nationalist government of that Autonomous Community wants to implement a rupturist, secessionist and independentist plan, the Ibarretxe Plan, which is a direct attack on the Spanish Constitution and the European Constitution. Because Ibarretxe and his government, who call themselves democrats, have made a pact with the murderers of ETA and Batasuna to bring this plan into being; they have made a pact with an organisation which is on the European Union’s list of terrorist groups, Batasuna, and the Basque Nationalist Party has made a pact and an alliance with criminals, with murderers: in short, with the enemies of Europe. At this point, I am convinced that this Constitution is also going to put an end to independentist, rupturist and secessionist proposals such as the Ibarretxe Plan and I am sure that the new Constitution will represent an insurmountable obstacle to this Ibarretxe Plan and to anybody who wants to dismember the European Union."@en1

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