Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-11-16-Speech-4-043"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-11-16"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:European communication policy (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20061116.3.4-043"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-11-16-Speech-4-0442
lpv:speaker	lp:Philip Claeys2
lpv:spokenAs	member; AFET (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; NA (2004-07-20--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Vlaams Belang (2004-11-15--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 member; Temporary Committee on the alleged use of European countries by the CIA for the transport and illegal detention of prisoners (2006-01-19--2006-12-13)3 substitute; CULT (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; Conference of Presidents (2005-07-20--2007-01-14)3 member; SEDE (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, whilst the report is right in pointing out that citizens need to be listened to, it fails lamentably when it comes to coming up with any specific solutions. It is assumed, apparently, that better communication policy is only possible if there is more Europe, hence the plea for the European Constitution and for pan-European political parties. It appears that not much has been learnt from the referendums in France and the Netherlands. I do admit that it is difficult to fill the public with enthusiasm by means of communications policy if the rest of policy is at odds with public opinion. I would refer, for example, to the policy on enlargement. Although the Commission and Council know only too well that the large majority of Europeans are opposed to the accession of a non-European country such as Turkey, they are not in the least concerned about that. We can communicate until we are blue in the face, but it will do nothing to change the yawning gulf between public opinion on the one hand and European institutions on the other. The report suggests that the Commission’s information bureaus cannot kindle public interest. This is putting it mildly. In Flanders, for example, the country’s largest party, the has not had one single invitation to the debates on European issues that have been organised in the provinces. These were debates among like-minded people, because the only party that is critical of the enlargement policy and the Constitution was not allowed to take part. What is more, Commissioner Wallström has openly admitted to the Belgian Federal Parliament that this discrimination goes on. Consequently, in my country, so-called European communication is nothing but propaganda – propaganda that nobody takes serious and that carries no credibility whatsoever. It is, in other words, a waste of money."@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Vlaams Belang"1

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