Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-06-08-Speech-3-053"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2005-06-08"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Preparations for the European Council, including the future of the Union after the referenda on the European constitution (Brussels, 16-17 June 2005)2
dcterms:Language	"pl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20050608.3.3-053"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2005-06-08-Speech-3-0542
lpv:speaker	lp:Genowefa Grabowska2
lpv:spokenAs	member; AFCO (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 quaestor; Parliament's Bureau (2004-07-21--2007-01-15)3 member; PES (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Socjaldemokracja Polska (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; ENVI (2004-09-29--2007-01-14)3 quaestor; European Parliament (2004-07-21--2007-01-15)3 member; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, and for relations with Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 substitute; DROI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; Quaestors (2004-07-21--2007-01-15)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, ratification is an ongoing process, and the right and duty of every state. This is why the process must not be halted merely because two countries have said ‘no’. I would urge the Members of this House who have today called for a halt to ratification to respect democracy and the sovereign right of each state to take autonomous decisions on this issue. As a Polish citizen, I too should like to have my say on the matter. I should like to have my say on the Constitution, and I do not believe that anyone should deprive me of this right, or tell me that France and the Netherlands have already decided on my behalf and on behalf of all Poles. Nothing could be further from the truth. Still bearing in mind the outcome of the referenda in France and the Netherlands, the second point I should like to make is that the Polish people have been very much alarmed by the tone and direction of the debate in these countries. I am not merely referring to the omnipresence of the proverbial Polish plumber. This debate, which in fact was only incidentally concerned with the European Constitution, prompted us to ask ourselves the following key question. If this referendum had taken place before the recent enlargement, would we, and by we I mean the 10 new Member States, still have joined the EU? Have we joined an EU based on solidarity, or a selfish EU that is locking its doors? I hope to hear answers to these questions after the forthcoming summit, which I believe will get to grips with this tricky situation."@en1

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