Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-10-24-Speech-2-360"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-10-24"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:"Europe for Citizens" programme (2007-2013) (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"pl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20061024.36.2-360"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-10-24-Speech-2-3612
lpv:speaker	lp:Witold Tomczak2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation to the EU-Croatia Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 member; IND/DEM (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Liga Polskich Rodzin (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; CULT (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; AGRI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, the draft document on ‘Europe for Citizens’ is an example of detailed wishful thinking. Someone dreamt up the idea that if more money were invested in awareness raising, informing and including Europeans in Union events, the citizens would be brought closer to the Union and involved in European integration. A similar argument was adduced in the Soviet sphere of influence, where our lives were dominated by the single orthodox Socialist ideology. It was believed that pouring money into events would guarantee the development of so-called Socialist awareness. The Soviet system tried hard to create a single orthodox Soviet identity in the minds of Russians, Ukrainians, Georgians and others. Nations were deprived of their right to their own distinctive identity. Someone has now decided that it will be easier to integrate Europeans if the relevant document is entitled ‘Europe for Citizens’ instead of ‘Citizens for Europe’. We have seen all this before. Soviet citizens were not supposed to be for the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union was supposed to be for them. What was actually the case was that, for Lenin, Stalin and others, people thinking and acting as Russians, Poles or Hungarians were a hindrance. People brought up in Soviet multiculturalism were more malleable and more amenable to becoming slaves in the service of the empire. We would do well to remember that the genuine freedom of individuals and nations arises out of national cultures where it has its source. That is why this document should be consigned to the dustbin along with the legacy of the former Soviet Union."@en1

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