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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2007-04-24"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Explanations of vote2
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20070424.43.2-221"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2007-04-24-Speech-2-2222
lpv:speaker	lp:Christofer Fjellner2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; ENVI (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; EPP-ED (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; INTA (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Iran (2007-03-14--2009-07-13)3 member; CONT (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with Belarus (2007-03-14--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Moderata Samlingspartiet (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I should just like to take this opportunity to thank my fellow MEPs for supporting the two amendments I tabled. I have been trying for a long time to find out what the travelling circus to Strasbourg really costs, and what is embarrassing is that no one has been able to give me an answer. No one knows, then, what the travelling circus costs. It is, in any case, not our own but taxpayers’ money that we are spending. The least that we and the taxpayers are ultimately entitled to demand is that a serious investigation into the costs be carried out – a view I put forward in the two amendments I tabled today. According to the only information I have found, the travelling circus costs SEK 2 billion, but that is a figure from the year 2000 when we only had 15 EU Member States. My hope is that we shall now obtain new figures and new fuel for this debate so that, following today’s vote, we might hopefully be able to take the first step towards abolishing the whole travelling circus."@en1

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