Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2007-06-06-Speech-3-042"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2007-06-06"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Roadmap for the European Union's constitutional process (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"fi"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20070606.12.3-042"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2007-06-06-Speech-3-0432
lpv:speaker	lp:Esko Seppänen2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; CONT (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 vice-chair; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2004-09-21--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Vasemmistoliitto (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, and for relations with Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 member_of_the_bureau; EUL/NGL (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; ITRE (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; BUDG (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, the European Parliament is now adopting a position with reference to its committee’s own initiative report on something that is not within its competence, neither in terms of the content or the end result. Accordingly, the report is europropaganda in favour of a constitution in an area where the political elite are out of touch with the people. According to an opinion poll covering the whole of the EU, 75% of EU citizens would like a referendum on the Constitution, in which the people in 11 of the old Member States would reject it. My own country, Finland, has ratified the defunct agreement, and that was done against the will of the people. A new opinion poll commissioned by our group in Finland shows that Finns are opposed to a constitution throughout the country as a whole: in all age groups, all professions and all political parties. The European Parliament is taking the side of the Constitution against the opinion of people in many countries. That will not improve its legitimacy or the legitimacy of the Constitution in Member States. One should have the courage to ask the opinion of the people. The spirit of the game is clear in the secret list of 12 questions the German Presidency sent the Member States: let us change the terminology but keep the old content. The new proposal for a Constitution is thus a mere conjuring trick."@en1

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