Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-06-08-Speech-3-061"

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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	"es"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20050608.3.3-061"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2005-06-08-Speech-3-0622
lpv:speaker	lp:Íñigo Méndez De Vigo2
lpv:spokenAs	member_of_the_bureau; EPP-ED (2004-08-31--2009-07-13)3 substitute; JURI (2004-07-22--2005-09-06)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Bulgaria Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2006-12-31)3 unknown; Partido Popular (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; AFCO (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I do not find it easy or pleasant to speak today. I have put a lot of thought into the position my group should take and the position this Parliament should take with regard to the ratification process. I believe that Europe has always made progress on the basis of consensus. I have observed today — as has been said — that, despite the fact that 10 Member States have ratified it, despite the fact that many Europeans have said yes to the Constitution, there is no consensus to move forward. I note that the text of the Constitution is not being debated, but rather the political context. I therefore believe that the worst thing we can do is not to look carefully at the reality and not to concentrate on what the people are asking for. The people are asking us to listen, to debate and to hold dialogue. I believe, today as I did yesterday — perhaps more firmly than yesterday — that the Constitution is necessary for Europe; and since I believe that it is necessary and that we must save it, the most logical thing — and this is the position of my group, the Group of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats — is that the ratification process be delayed. I believe that, if the Heads of State or Government take a unanimous decision in this regard, we will all have time — perhaps one year until the end of the Austrian Presidency — to consider what we should do about the Constitution, how we should explain these things to the people, how we should re-establish contact with them. It is at times like these, these difficult and unpleasant times, that the importance of people becomes clear, when we must not just do nothing and see what happens, but rather we should do what we believe to be most useful in order to implement something that we believe to be necessary. I believe that the Constitution is necessary. And since this is a difficult situation and a painful decision, my group, which has reflected carefully, believes that the best option is that of delay at this time."@en1

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