Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-06-23-Speech-4-034"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2005-06-23"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Programme of the British Presidency2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20050623.4.4-034"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2005-06-23-Speech-4-0352
lpv:speaker	lp:Jim Allister2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, after the rejections of the Constitution, the Prime Minister rightly said that profound questions now arose about the future of Europe. From the example of last weekend, it is clear that the over-centralised EU is presently not working. Although Mr Juncker, yesterday, sought to make the United Kingdom a scapegoat, the reality is that it is the structures and policies of Europe which are fatally flawed. I suspect from your speech, Mr Blair, that you are not prepared to face the real questions that arise from that. Sticking-plaster politics do not work. You should know that from Northern Ireland. Ever-closer union has failed. It is time to embrace the primacy of the nation states over the stifling control of Brussels. It is time to repatriate key powers. It is time to return to making free trade, not political union, the cornerstone of Europe. Finally, I urge you, as Prime Minister, to continue to take a firm stand in defence of the justified rebate, which you can properly defend on its own merits …"@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; PECH (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; INTA (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 member; NA (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; AFCO (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Democratic Unionist Party (Northern Ireland) (2004-07-20--2007-03-27)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"(The President cut off the speaker)"1 "James Hugh Allister (NI )."1

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