Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-04-03-Speech-1-152"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-04-03"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Openness of meetings of the Council when acting in its legislative capacity - Access to the institutions documents - (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060403.12.1-152"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-04-03-Speech-1-1532
lpv:speaker	lp:Roger Knapman2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, the UK Independence Party is probably going to be helpful for the first time ever, so it is nice to be able to make my one-minute speech. We have repeatedly condemned the Council for its lack of transparency. The remedy is very simple: to change the Council’s rules of procedure, as Mr Hammerstein Mintz makes clear in his report. Such a move would certainly ensure that in future the British people could see when British ministers renege on what they have pledged before entering such meetings. But that is not enough. The Commission will remain as the unelected government of the EU, formulating and dictating laws without any democratic mandate whatsoever. Meanwhile, this Parliament continues farcically pushing through vote after vote on dubious shows of hands. Above all, France and Holland’s democratic rejections of the failed EU Constitution are viewed with complete contempt by the Council, Commission and Parliament alike. So let us stop lecturing the rest of the world on democracy. Throw open the Council’s doors, and the Commission’s too."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; LIBE (2006-01-11--2007-01-14)3 member; IND/DEM (2004-07-20--2008-06-04)3 unknown; UK Independence Party (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Roger Knapman (IND/DEM ). –"1

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