Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-06-22-Speech-3-083"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2005-06-22"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:European Council/Luxembourg Presidency2
dcterms:Language	"fi"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20050622.13.3-083"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2005-06-22-Speech-3-0842
lpv:speaker	lp:Lasse Lehtinen2
lpv:spokenAs	member; PES (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia and the South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 member; IMCO (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Suomen Sosialidemokraattinen Puolue/Finlands Socialdemokratiska Parti (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; EMPL (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 vice-chair; Delegation for relations with Canada (2004-09-21--2007-03-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, the European crisis that has resulted from two referenda is a clear indication that the political elite is not in touch with the people. There is such an enormous difference between the propaganda and reality that the voters have stopped listening. If, for example, solidarity towards the new Member States is nothing more than a mention in a speech in honour of a special occasion, the people do not need to believe anything else that is said. The mood now is that a referendum can be organised on any issue at all, and the answer will always be no. The leaders of nations have only themselves to blame. They lack the courage to tell the electorate that there is no alternative to globalisation, and that it cannot be opposed through political decisions, but that we could adapt to it by taking the right decisions. The same leaders, who in speeches complain that the Lisbon strategy is very much late in coming, allow a situation where not even the decisions agreed in one country are implemented in their own. Instead, Brussels is blamed for the problems and setbacks. Referenda are not entirely appropriate as a tool of pan-European decision-making. National governments and parliaments should have the courage to make the necessary decisions. Explaining and justifying European policy is always a local issue, if we want people to understand our good intentions. In the end, however, the bills for our common decisions are paid for out of national budgets, and, consequently, only the French Government can explain to its citizens with any credibility that the position of agriculture in this continent has changed, and only the British can make their own citizens understand that the rebate Britain receives on its EU contributions originated in former times and in different circumstances."@en1

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