Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-05-09-Speech-1-043"
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"en.20050509.13.1-043"2
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"Mr President, following the referendums on the European Constitution in the different Member States, we have to establish that in the debate on this Constitution, the arguments that are being put forward are not always correct. For example, the April issue of
an information sheet issued in Belgium by the Commission, contained an article in which those opposed to the Constitution were accused of being populists who try to instil fear in people. That is a widespread misconception, and one that is kept alive – whether deliberately or not – by certain pressure groups. As it happens, current events show that things are slightly more complicated than people sometimes let on. What are we to make of the speech by Mr Donner, the Dutch Justice Minister, in which he stated that the rejection of the Constitution would have the same consequences as the collapse of, and civil war in, former Yugoslavia? A week later, the Dutch Prime Minster, Mr Balkenende drew a link between rejection of the Constitution and Auschwitz. On a French public radio station, a doctor claimed that victory for the ‘no’ camp would be a disaster for AIDS research. That is reprehensible. Within our own Parliament, a ‘rapid reaction force’ was set up to respond to incorrect information by those opposed to the Constitution; we should also respond to incorrect information disseminated by those in favour of it."@en1
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