Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2008-10-09-Speech-4-025"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2008-10-09"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Use by Parliament of the symbols of the Union (new Rule 202a) (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20081009.3.4-025"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2008-10-09-Speech-4-0262
lpv:speaker	lp:Geoffrey Van Orden2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, our federalist friends should not try and recruit Mrs Thatcher to their cause. She would be appalled at the developments that have taken place in the European Union. We have heard that symbols are important, yet we are constantly reassured that the European Union has no ambition to become a state despite every resolution and piece of legislation through this Parliament taking us further in that direction. Of course, the outstanding example of this was the Constitution. This was rejected and then re-emerged as the Treaty of Lisbon. In order to try and sell the Treaty of Lisbon, national negotiators decided that parts of the Constitution that could be interpreted as impinging on statehood, such as the flag and the hymn, should be removed. Indeed, British Government ministers used as a selling point when they were trying to sell the Treaty of Lisbon to our people that it was somehow different to the Constitution. My constituents in the East of England do not want a Constitution, they do not want the Treaty of Lisbon and they certainly do not want a state called Europe. I think it is an affront to them to try and introduce, or give official character to, these symbols."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation for relations with the countries of south-east Europe (2007-03-14--2009-07-13)3 member; AFET (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; SEDE (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; EPP-ED (2005-03-09--2009-07-13)3 substitute; EMPL (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Conservative and Unionist Party (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with India (2007-03-15--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with the NATO Parliamentary Assembly (2007-03-14--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Afghanistan (2007-03-15--2009-07-13)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Geoffrey Van Orden (PPE-DE ). -"1
lpv:videoURI	<go to Events_and_structure europarl>2

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