Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-10-12-Speech-4-034"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-10-12"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights – Fundamental Rights Agency: activities under Title VI of the EU Treaty (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20061012.3.4-034"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-10-12-Speech-4-0352
lpv:speaker	lp:Roger Knapman2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, last week’s gem in this place was that Europol be given fresh powers to police Euroland whilst Europol itself was placed above the law. Even the Third Reich did not think of that one. This week is even better: an agency for fundamental rights has been conceived to ensure that Member States comply with the Charter. But this was contained in a failed EU Constitution. After all, France and Holland exercised their fundamental right to say ‘no’ to this and yet again you are trying to sneak large parts of the Constitution in through the back door. Mrs Gál even begins her statement by saying that the suspension of the Constitution-making process makes this the right moment to promote fundamental rights. Is that what you said? The Politburo would be pleased with that. In fact, if fundamental rights really meant anything in the EU, the democratic rejection of the Constitution would make this absolutely the wrong moment to bring forward such a proposal. There was I believe an old Glen Miller song beginning: ‘Sleepy time Gal, you’re turning night into day’. You may believe that you can turn ‘no’ into ‘yes’, but when the sleepy time voters wake up, they will soon throw this out."@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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