Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-02-16-Speech-4-181"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-02-16"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Strategic review of the IMF (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060216.20.4-181"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-02-16-Speech-4-1822
lpv:speaker	lp:Nigel Farage2
lpv:spoken text	". Mr President, this debate gets to the very heart of what the European Union is all about. In the United Kingdom – and I am sure in many other countries – the argument that was used when we first joined and continues to be used is that we are in the EU because we have greater influence in the world if we speak together with one voice. Well, I look at the WTO; I look at trade talks, where already no individual state may speak on her own behalf. What do I see? I see a Hong Kong summit that failed in December, despite the generous offer made by the Americans, and I see a situation where certainly the globe’s third largest trading nation could have done a rather better job for herself. This proposal for a single European seat is certainly not going to suit Britain, Denmark, or Sweden. We are not even in the euro. As far as the United Kingdom is concerned, 1976 – when we went cap in hand to the IMF – is a dim and distant memory. A single IMF seat is not about economic logic; it is purely about politics. It is purely about turning the European Union into an international superstate. As we heard in one or two of the previous speeches, it is about standing up and forming a bloc to oppose America. The same logic is being applied elsewhere when it comes to the United Nations Security Council. I ask myself – whether it is the United Kingdom, France, Germany or any other country – do we have more influence in the world speaking as 25, speaking with one voice? Or do we have more influence if we are able to put our own opinions forward and speak on behalf of our own people? I know the answer, but I suspect that most people in this House do not."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; INTA (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; PECH (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 unknown; UK Independence Party (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; Conference of Presidents (2004-07-20--2006-12-12)3 chair; IND/DEM (2004-12-06--2008-10-21)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Nigel Farage,"1 "on behalf of the IND/DEM Group"1

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